My personal experiences in equatorial Africa : as medical officer of the Emin Pasha relief expedition / by Thomas Heazle Parke.

  • Parke, Thomas Heazle, 1857-1893.
Date:
1891
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Credit: My personal experiences in equatorial Africa : as medical officer of the Emin Pasha relief expedition / by Thomas Heazle Parke. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PAGE ill with fever—The Zanzibaris wash themselves in local still- pools—Mr. Stanley ascertains the altitude of our camp—Fever more prevalent here than in the damp forest—Useless baggage—A case of typhoid fever—Deaths at Yambuya mainly attributed to the injudicious use of manioc—The two kinds of manioc in African regions—Illness of Mr. Stanley—I escort a party of carriers to Fmin’s Lake Shore Camp—Thorny mimosa bushes—The return journey with baggage—Sensitiveness of the Pasha regarding his jDeople—Ptefusal of the men to fetch any more baggage from the Lake—Mr. Stanley calls a parade and makes examples of the ring- leaders of the mutiny—Emin’s early experiences at Constantino]de —Eis Excellency cannot make up his mind as to leaving Equa- toria—Sickness caused through drioking stagnant water — My experiences of the quality and quantity or water in Ec[uatorial Africa—Division of water-supply into current and stationary waters—Eain-water as a drink to be used with caution—The qua- lities and components of the waters of streams and rivers—Modifica- tion of climate in the neighbourhood of large rivers—Impurity of streams with slow currents—Stagnant waters of pools and marshes have special opportunities of developing impurities—Hassan Bakari attempts to shoot himself—Improvement in all our conditions— Audacity of kites—Wooden disc inserted in the upper lips of the native women—The Pasha a very keen collector—The manufacture of “ poteen ’’-like spirit by his people—Applications to me for advice and medicine—Irritating delay; April 10 fixed for starting to the Coast—Capture of cattle belonging to a hostile tribe—Coffee and cigarettes with the Pasha—Some eccentricities of General Gordon related by him—I remove another arrow-head from Fathel Mullah —People with enlarged spleens f ever-proof in Africa .. .. 373 CHAPTEPt XXII. PKEPAKATIONS FOR THE RETURN JOURNEY TO ZANZIBAR. A steamer arrives from Mswa Station with some of Emin’s people— Letter from the rebel officers—Our discussion of the same—We decide to wait until April 10 for Emin’s people—Treachery sus- pected in the camp—Emin’s clerks are almost all bad characters— Some newcomers arrive at Mazamboni’s—Mr. Stanley’s proposal to Emin Pasha regarding the Congo Free State—Emin presents me with a box of medicine—We obtain another sight of the great snow mountain which directly contradicts Herodotus’ view—The Mon- buttu tribe inoculate with the virus of syphilis—Stairs makes the first move homewards with some loads'—Arranging the loads among the men—Bark cloth suspended from the belts of the Wahumaand representing tails—Haunts and habits of the dwarfs^—Pdieir different ways of catching game—An elephant trap—Cannibalism not prac- tised by the dwarfs—Emin Pasha and myself take careful measure- ments of the various dimensions of four specimens of the pigmies— Mr. Stanley acts as mediator between Mohammed Effendi and his wife—Circumcision practised by the Monbnttu tribe—Syphilis in the Pasha’s Province—His men suffer from enlarged spleens— Length of an Arab wedding festival—Nelson and I arrange with the Pasha for a cook—My experience regarding a cook with the Guards’ Camel Corps—Our dwarfs since leaving the forest are gradually pining away—Attempt of the Pasha’s people to steal