NEWS FROM STANLEY.

Manawatu Herald, 9 April 1889, Page 3

NEWS FROM STANLEY.

A letter received from Mr H. M. Stanley describes the honors of his passage through the forests and swamps in his search for Emin Bey, which occupied six months instead of a fortnight as anticipated. Both forest and swamps were infested with dwarfs with poisoned arrows, and fierce tall aborigines armed with spears. They had also to contenu against wild beasts and venomous insects. Fever was rampant among his followers, and at times they were threatened with famine. On emerging on to the grass plains the expedition behaved as if mad with joy. Between Ituria and Lake Albert Nyanza, there was incessant fighting between Stanley's followers and the hostile natives. 411 this time the members of the expedition wero living on pungi nuts, axu'l nearly all were reduced to skeletons and almost naked. Many deaths occurred, and a large number of hi)?. Arab followers deserted him.

The land over -which the expedition passed was a horri'ole wilder ness until reaching Itraria, where supplies were obtained in abundance Stanley spent 26 days with Eniin Bey, whom he left on June 16th 011 his return journey, and 60 days later fell in with a miserable remnant of the late Major Barttelot'a expedition. It was ascertained that 200 of Major Barttelot's followers had -perished from exhaustion, or want of food, and those who had. survived were mere scarecrows. The latter had endured sufferings almost indescribable. ■ In this, letter Stanley says that Emin Jjey,- being in doubt as to whether it was possible to remove ten tnousand women and childen attained *° his camp, had determed to Vemain where he is. Stanley expected to xejoin Emin Bey on the 10th of December, when he hoped to say a lust farewell to Congo and its forest?..