426 THE WORLD'S WONDERS. 



Owing to sickness and a war that took place between the 

 Arabs and a native chief named Mirarnbo, soon after Stanley's 

 arrival, he was detained at Unyanyembe nearly three months, 

 and was at last compelled, by the disturbed state into which this 

 war threw the country, to abandon the regular route to Ujiji and 

 make a long circuit to the southwest, in order to avoid coming 

 in conflict with the terrible Mirambo, who had defeated the 

 Arabs in two pitched battles, and who is described as the Napo- 

 leon of Africa. On the 20th of September, having organized a 

 new force, he started once more for Ujiji, by the southern route 

 just described. 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



DEATH OF SHAW. 



THE march from Unyanyembe was begun under very unfavor- 

 able auspices, and evil circumstances arose one after another, 

 until the end of the sixth day's march. Shaw was afflicted with 

 hypochondria, and though his sickness was a brooding despond- 

 ency, it preyed upon his nerves until he really was unfitted for 

 travel ; he frequently fell from his donkey, and groaned with 

 such an agony of despair that, at his oft-repeated request, he was 

 sent back to Unyanyembe, though Stanley warned him that in 

 his condition, and among a barbaroijs people whose language he 

 could not understand, he would be sure to die. This prediction 

 was verified a few weeks later. 



After passing Uganda, which is a well-fortified city of 3,000 

 people, the troubles of the expedition gradually ceased, for the 

 country became more elevated and healthful. 



SURPRISED AT THE SIGHT OF A WHITE MAN. 



OCTOBER 4th found Stanley on the hot plains of Manyara, 

 which are on the margin of a great country abounding with large 

 game. The village of Manyara is not large, but the country is 



