CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



The Livingstone Search Expedition. — Motives for Volunteering. — Abandonment of 1873. 



the Search. — A New Expedition decided upon. — Selected for the Command. — De- 



parture from England. — Arrival at Aden. — Zanzibar. — Fitting Out. — Disadvan- 

 tages of having arrived with Sir B. Frere's Mission. — Difficulties in obtaining Men. 

 — Ordered to push on. — Ill-advised Haste. — The Start from Zanzibar. — Bagamoyo. 

 — The French Mission. — A Belooch Commander-in-chief. — Kaoli. — A Banquet. — 

 A Fire. — Paying Pagazi. — An Arab Festival Page 17 



CHAPTER II. 



Parting Visit to Zanzibar. — Completing Equipment. — French Charlie's Store. — Fare- 

 well Dinners. — Our First Campaign. — A Fracas. — Upholding our Dignity. — The 

 Father pleads for his Son. — Shamba Gonera. — Visit from Dr. Kirk. — Our First 

 Touch of Fever. — A New Volunteer. — Start for Kikoka. — The March. — Alligator- 

 shooting. — Deserters 31 



CHAPTER III. 



Leaving Kikoka. — Form of Camp. — Mode of Hut-building. — Foraging for Provis- 

 ions. — A " Short Cut." — Bombay as a Guide. — A Luckless Cruise. — A Needless 

 Scare. — Levy of Mhongo. — Msuwah. — Fortified Villages. — An Artful Dodger. — An 

 Arab Caravan. — Offerings to Spirits. — Baobab-trees. — Kisemo. — The Lugerengeri. 

 — The Kungwa Hills. — Simbaweni. — Its Queen. — Rumored Terrors of the Makata 

 Swamp. — Lazy Porters. — Honor among Deserters 41 



CHAPTER lY- 

 The Makata Swamp. — Mud Traps. — The Makata River. — A Native Bridge. — Trans- 

 porting Donkeys. — Rehenneko. — Laid up. — A Strike among the Men. — Routine in 

 Camp. — Visitors. — A Swaggering Half-caste. — News from Murphy. — His Arrival. 

 — Death of Moffat. — Organizing the Fresh Arrivals. — The Strength of the Expedi- 

 tion. — Women and Slaves. — Losses by Death and Desertion. — Armament. — Our 

 Dogs and Donkeys. — Ready 56 



CHAPTER V. 



Our Porter's Vanity. — A Rocky Gorge. — Camping on a Slope. — An Impudent Beg- 

 gar. — Mirambo. — Monster Trees. — Wife -beating. — Its Remedy. — A Blunder and 

 its Consequences. — Fortune-seekers. — Several Caravans join us. — An Elephant- 



