Note 18 — Section 147. MR. H. M. STANLEY’S APPEAL FOR SUPPLIES. II.
Reading edition
[1] cloths = pieces of cloth.
[2] of — have = and of that quality with which you trade, which is quite different from ours.
[3] but — grain = but still better would be (Pluperf. Subj.) as much rice or grain as ten or fifteen men (Leute) can carry.
[4] = hungry stomachs.
[5] as — food = as (after which place the subject ‘we’), even in the possession of the cloths, we should yet want time to exchange provisions for them (S. 4, N. 5, B).
[6] die Hungerleidenden.
[7] or — dying, Liter. = if (after which place the subject ‘I’) among the dying I shall (soll) not experience (durchle´ben) a dreadful time (App. § 18).
[8] any = all.
[9] die Ihnen aus dieser Angelegenheit erwachsen mögen.
[10] to — once = to do the (= your) utmost in your power (sein Äußerstes thun) and to send us the same (to agree with relief) at once.
[11] Luxusartikel; to have by oneself = to possess.
[12] such = about as much.
[13] on — behalf = for my own person.
[14] supply = quantity.
[15] and — people = and thereby still to increase (vergrößern) the great debt of (S. 3, N. 2) gratitude, to which I shall be in duty bound to you (einem verpflichtet sein) after the timely (rechtzeitig) arrival of the supplies (Warensendung).
[16] Bis dahin empfehle ich mich Ihnen hochachtend und ergebenst.
[17] Kommandierender der.
[18] zur.
[19] = Perhaps is my name unknown to you.
[20] I — that = that it is I, who.
[21] auf´finden, of which use the Perfect.