A N EMBARRASSING FAREWELL.
. CHAPTER XXVII.
FROM THE BLACK RIYER TO STANLEY POOL AND BACK
TO EQUATOR STATION.
An embarrassing farowell—Chili pepper and tears—Success of a hypocritical
stratagem—Sounds of war—Peace-making—Burying the war
—The Lukanga river—Mantumba Lake — The Watwa dwarfs —
Rescue of a shipwrecked crew—The Abbé Guyofw-The lion and his
prey—Léopoldville flourishing—Troubles at Bwa-bwa Njali’s—A
homicidal officer—Lieutenant Janssen and the Abbé Guyot drowned
—Troubles at Kimpoko—Troubles at Bolobo—The station burnt—
We are fired upon—War—A Krupp gun sent for—Weak effects of
musketry—Peace restored—Settling the indemnity—Displaying the
power of the Krupp—“ I and my people will depart from Bolobo
for ever ! ”—The river of Bunga—Lukolela—A magnificent forest—
The superstition of Iuka—Excellent condition of Equator Station—
My ideal achieved.
T h e love which the people of Inganda bore us was so
excessive, that we became conscious on leaving Equator
Station that we were in a difficulty. How could we
tell them that the dank forest bight, with its edging of
reeds and stagnant spaces around Inganda, was hurtful
to the health of Europeans, and that we were compelled,
on account of sanitary and political considerations,
to remove from their village to Wangata? This
would be a delicate task !
When Msenné—our guide from Mswata—was in-
1883.
June 21,
Inganda.