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The Slave Trade

           OnJune3d,1877,atthepassageofthecataractsofMassassa,helostoneofhiscompanions,FrancisPocock.July18thhewasdrawnwithhisboatintothefallsofM’belo,andonlyescapeddeathbyamiracle.

           Finally,August6th,HenryStanleyarrivedatthevillageofNi-Sanda,fourdays’journeyfromthecoast.

           Twodaysafter,atBanza-M’bouko,hefoundtheprovisionssentbytwomerchantsfromEmboma.

           Hefinallyrestedatthislittlecoasttown,aged,atthirty-fiveyears,byover-fatigueandprivations,afteranentirepassageoftheAfricancontinent,whichhadtakentwoyearsandninemonthsofhislife.

           However,thecourseoftheLoualabawasexploredasfarastheAtlantic;andiftheNileisthegreatarteryoftheNorth,iftheZambesiisthegreatarteryoftheEast,wenowknowthatAfricastillpossessesintheWestthethirdofthelargestriversintheworldariverwhich,inacourseoftwothousand,ninehundredmiles,underthenamesofLoualaba,Zaire,andCongo,unitesthelakeregionwiththeAtlanticOcean.

           However,betweenthesetwobooksoftravelStanley’sandCameron’stheprovinceofAngolaissomewhatbetterknowninthisyearthanin1873,atthatperiodwhenthe"Pilgrim"waslostontheAfricancoast.Itwaswellknownthatitwastheseatofthewesternslave-trade,thankstoitsimportantmarketsofBihe,Cassange,andKazounde

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