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Title: Grandest century in the world's history; containing a full and graphic account of the marvelous achievements of one hundred years, including great battles and conquests; the rise and fall of nations; wonderful growth and progress of the United States ... etc., etc
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909
Subjects: Nineteenth century
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., National publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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STANLEYS JOURNEYS ACROSS AFRICA. 277 morning of the 17th of November thestart was made into the interior. The first stage of this journey was tothe Victoria Nyanza, which Stanleydesired to explore. The imperfect de-scription and explanations of previoustravellers had left much to be decidedconcerning this great inland sea. Wasit the source of the Nile or of theCongo? Was it part of a lake system,or a lake by itself? These questionsStanley had deteimined to answer oncefor all. Many Adventures. The advance to the great Lake Vic-toria was full of adventurous interest.Travelling in the Dark Continent^means being at times in the wildernesswithout a guide, or with traitors actingas guides, which is a worse alternative.This was Stanleys fate, and he wasdeserted in the waste with a small stockof food. Through the terrible junglethe men had to crawl, cutting theirway, guided solely by the compass,overcome by hunger and thirst, deser-tions frequent, sickness stalking along-side. This was indeed

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