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Title: Daring deeds in the tropics. A thrilling narrative of remarkable adventures, terrible experiences, amazing achievements and important discoveries of great travelers in southern climes
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: (Feather, A. G.) (from old catalog)
Subjects: Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904 Livingstone, David, 1813-1873
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. E. Potter & co

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he geographer and the merchant. Our aims are com-mercial also, because we intend to experiment how farpeople may venture into commercial relationship withthe tribes above, by Inviting them to exchange suchproducts as they may possess for the manufacturedgoods of civilized States. On the 12th of August, 1877, Stanley had arrivedat Banana Point, after crossing Africa and descendingIts greatest rivers. On the 14th of August, 1879, twoyears later, he again arrived before the mouth of thisriver to ascend It, with the novel mission of sowingalong its banks civilized settlements, to peacefully con-quer and subdue it, to remould It In harmony withmodern ideas into National States, within whose limitsthe European merchant shall go hand in hand with thedark African trader, and justice and law and ordershall prevail, and murder and lawlessness and thecruel barter of slaves shall forever cease. And what have been the results of this second explo-ration of the mighty Congo ? Want of space will not
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THROUGH THE WILDS OF AFRIC... 423 permit us to follow the fortunes of Stanley in thecourse of his ascent of the great river, of the newdiscoveries made, and of the complete survey he madeof its tortuous line; but we shall give a brief outline ofthe great work he performed, and an account of thewonderful resources which he has shown this remark-able region of country to possess. On the commercial possibilities of this region, Stan-leys recent communications show no change as to hisviews of African promises to commercial enterprise. He holds that there is less sickness by half in theCongo basin, even in its present unprepared condition,than there is in the bottom lands of Arkansas. Thegreat basins of the Nile, Congo, Niger and Shari, hethinks, furnish fine opportunities for commercial ex-ploit. But these require railways to connect their up-per basins with the sea. About 800 miles of railroad,he says, properly directed, would open to the world ofcommerce 22,600 miles of river bank of th

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