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Excerpt from Stanley and His Heroic Relief of Emin Pasha Emin seems to have remained undisturbed till the beginning of 1884, when the Mahdists invaded the bahr-el-ghazal province and carried off its governor, Lupton Bey. Emin expected his turn to come next, and withdrew all his forces, dependants, and stores from Lado south to Wadelai on the bahr-el-jebel, the branch of the Nile which issues from the Albert Nyanza, and within easy reach of that lake. Here he was able to carry on his work of administration, lim ited as it was, combined with geographical investigation, unmolested. But discontent, we know now, was brewing among his people; sup plies of all kinds were running short, and the ammunition was rapid ly approaching its last grain. Rumors of all this began to reach Europe, and were confirmed by the information brought home by Dr. Junker, the eminent explorer, and Emin's friend for many years. People began to realize what a remarkable man was shut up in this little corner of Africa, barred in on the north by the hordes of the Mahdi, and on the south by that merciless young royalty, Mwanga, King of Uganda, the son of Stanley's old friend, Mtesa. The excitement rapidly grew; the heroism of Emin's conduct - for he could easily have got away by himself - and the cruelly critical nature of his position, took possession of the public mind, and espe cially that of England. It was realized that to a considerable ex tent England was to blame for what had happened, and the general verdict was that England was bound to rescue Emin and his fellow prisoners, for such they were. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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