array attracts the attention of the sick, the crippled,
the cholical and the dysenteric patients, who no sooner
see them coming than with a rush the doctor’s window
is cleared. Duke Humphrey of Grio’ster’s miraculous
cure was only performed on one man, but here were
thirty feeble creatures restored to perfect health by
merely looking at a few men gravely advancing
towards them !
Shocked by the condition of Yivi, I resolved to
remove it bodily away to the larger plateau. Preparatory
to this a new road was made, with an easy
grade to the Nkusu, which was spanned by a bridge.
We then lay a Decauville railway between the two
plateaus, and the work of construction of the new
station was commenced.
The new Upper Congo steamer having been dismantled,
was placed on its several wagons and rolled
up the hills from the landing-place to the plateau, and
Lieutenant Yalcke having returned from his temporary
leave of absence, was constituted chief of the transport
force, to convey the steamer to Stanley Pool.
Reorganisation of the staff was urgently required.
Many of the Europeans had not the least idea of
their work or of their duties. This was all due, of
course, to the fact that the Chief of the Expedition
had been absent, and no fit person had appeared able
to maintain Yivi in order, and to control such a lareO'e
number of undisciplined whites fresh from their homes
in all lands.
The following quotations from letters to the Pre-
Vivi.