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CHAPTER XV. 
down the Congo to the Atlantic. 
Tippu-Tib, the notorious Arab slaver, had agreed to 
accompany Mr. Stanley down the Lualaba, which the 
determined explorer had resolved to follow wherever it 
went. But after going a certain distance Tippu drew 
back. All sorts of horrors were conjured up as to the 
terrors of the forests, through which no white man, and 
at that time no Arab, had ever penetrated. After about 
200 miles, on December 22, 1876, Tippu and his men 
said they would go no farther. Mr. Stanley goes on : — 
In the afternoon, Tippu-Tib, Sheikh Abdallah, and 
Muini Ibrahim declared their intention of returning to 
Nyangwe by another route, and with such firmness of 
