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LETTER FROM STANLEY

[Pbb Pbms .sesooimoN] , ?.f''i-yiw?- : ,'■ -' ' ■ '"■ ' ' .-. „ . (Received N-vamb^r 26,. I 3o p.itt V ,'.■ ; ZAitzißAß, Novt-mbrr 25 The letter which has been received from Stanley is dated Kafurro, August 5, 1889, and describes his journey to relieve Emjn Bey. Stanley, after rescuing the remnant of the rear-column, started for the rendezvous at Kayalli. Oo the way thither terrible privations were endnred. Smallpox decimated the party many falling victims to the disease. Dreadful sufferiags were caused by hunger,; aiid for eight days the party wjajgQnXa? siati-tof- almost absolute starvation, and twenty-one succumbed. Kavalli was reached on January 18, aad here Stanley received a letter from Jephson confirming the tidings that Emio's troops, at the instigation of their officers, bad rebelled m the preyious August, and that Emm was a d(K^e prisoner. Emm.w as rescued by Jeplfcon, and m the conflict the rebels were put to flight, many cf their officers killed, and 1 500 Mabdisi s capt ured. In this letter Jephson intimated that Emm was undecided whether to return; but Stanley, wrote insisting on no heutatioo, and declinifte to wait long. Jephton reached Kavall, where Sunley was, on February 6, Emm arriving a we«k later, , .1 .: : -..,/• ' - 1 ■ • A private letter from Stanley says that, during the return journey) he lay at tfac point of death for 28 days. „;

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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2287, 26 November 1889, Page 3

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LETTER FROM STANLEY Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2287, 26 November 1889, Page 3

LETTER FROM STANLEY Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2287, 26 November 1889, Page 3

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