CHAPTER XXX. 



THE DELIVERANCE. 



Mr. Stanley at Zanzibar— Selecting Followers— African Currency— Curiosity 

 Unsatisfied—" Speke's Faithfuls "—Bagamoyo— The Mrima— The Frontier of 

 Barbarism — The Baloch— The Wamrima — The Half-Caste Arab— Reception at 

 Bagamoyo — The Jesuit Mission — Mr. Stanley's House— Great Preparations- 

 Mr. Stanley and others. — The Route Selected — On the March— First Hunt — 

 The Wakwere — The Wadoe— Beautiful Scenery— " Envious Evil"— The 

 "Waseguhha — Handsome Savage — The Wagogo — Death and Marriage — Penal- 

 ties of Murder and Theft — News of Dr. Livingstone — A Difficulty — Murder 

 Attempted — Providence. 



Me. Stanley landed at Zanzibar on the 6th of January, 

 1871, under commission from Mr. James Gordon Bennett of 

 New York — with full liberty, unlimited as to expenses, with 

 his orders condensed into the shortest possible sentence — " Find 

 Livingstone." His duty was very clearly set forth, and he was 

 there to do it. He brought with him to Zanzibar Wm. Law- 

 rence Farquhar, who had attracted his attention as first mate 

 on the vessel in which he had sailed from Bombay ; and Selim, 

 a Christian Arab boy of Jerusalem, who had been employed 

 as interpreter. About this little nucleus, Mr. Stanley began 

 immediately forming his army for the arduous enterprise 

 before him. The selection of a force of attendants is probably 

 the most important part of the preparation for such an expedi- 

 tion. Besides followers, however, it was necessary to collect 

 great quantities of such African currency as we have now be- 

 come tolerably familiar with. 



The presence of an American in Zanzibar, fitting out so costly 

 an expedition, heading for central Africa, created quite a sensa- 

 tion, and became the engrossing topic of conversation in all cir- 

 cles. The interest was all the more intense, because this stran- 

 ger seemed so very reticent about his purposes and plans. He 

 allowed no one to know more than was written on his card — 

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