5 1 8 Wanderings in Eastern Africa. 
approved them. They are in substance the same as 
those contained in my letter to the Times — a letter 
which was written almost solely at Mr. Stanley's 
earnest entreaty ; which he read and endorsed (and 
he was well able to judge of the matter from his 
knowledge of the facts) as soon as written ; and 
which he was so anxious to get published, that he 
not only sealed and posted it, but paid the postage of 
it himself I was surprised, therefore, at the manner 
in which he felt himself, from simple conscientious- 
ness," compelled to review the subject. Moreover, 
instead of quoting my letter — if he quoted at all — in 
full, he breaks it off at a point where the most im- 
portant fact to me in the whole affair was coming 
out ; and this I cannot but regard as a wee want of 
that candour of which he considers me to be somewhat 
overcharged. But Mr. Stanley's whole argument is 
eminently illogical, inasmuch as the sole object of it 
is to blame me for not doing that which he avers it 
was unnecessary for any one to do, and which he justifies 
every one concerned in it for abandoning. Of Mr. 
Stanley's energy, determination, perseverance, endu- 
rance, tact, and pluck, I have the highest opinion ; 
but I do not think him an angel, or a genius, or that 
paragon of a hero which the English people made 
him believe himself to be. Yet I do not wish to dis- 
parage him in any way, and for that reason I abstain 
from any further animadversion upon him. More- 
over, the expression of any unfavourable opinion 
would, at least, look like retaliation — a feeling which I 
am very far from entertaining towards him. What- 
ever might be said, the great fact would remain, that 
he did his work well ; and it might be urged against 
