Section 146. MR. H. M. STANLEY’S APPEAL[1] FOR SUPPLIES. I.
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Section 146. MR. H. M. STANLEY’S APPEAL[1] FOR SUPPLIES. I.
Village of N’sanda[2], August 4, 1877.
To[3] any Gentleman who speaks English at Embomma.
Dear[4] Sir,
I have arrived at[5] this place from Zanzibar with 115 souls, (S. 53, N. 9) men, women, and children. We are now in[6] a state of imminent starvation. We can buy[7] nothing from the natives, for they laugh at[8] our kinds of cloth[9], beads, and wire. There[10] are no provisions in the country that may be purchased, except on market days, and starving people cannot afford to wait for these markets. I[11], therefore, have made bold to despatch three of my young men[12], natives[13] of Zanzibar, with (nebst) a boy named Feruzi, of the English mission at Zanzibar, with this letter.
I do not know you, but[14] I am told there (S. 104, N. 19) is an Englishman at (in) Embomma, and as you are a Christian and a gentleman, I beg you not to disregard my request. The boy Robert will be better able to describe our lone condition than I[15] can tell you in this letter. We are in a state of the greatest distress; but if your supplies[16] arrive in time, I[17] may be able to reach Embomma within four days.