Section 147. MR. H. M. STANLEY’S APPEAL FOR SUPPLIES. II.

I want 300 cloths⁠[1], each four yards long, of⁠[2] such quality as you trade with, which is very different from that we have; but⁠[3] better than all would be ten or fifteen man-loads of rice or grain to fill the pinched⁠[4] bellies immediately, as⁠[5] even with the cloths it would require time to purchase food, and starving people⁠[6] cannot wait. The supplies must arrive within two days, or⁠[7] I may have a fearful time of it among the dying. Of course I hold myself responsible for any⁠[8] expense (S. 16, N. 10) you⁠[9] may incur in the business. What is wanted is immediate relief, and I pray you to⁠[10] use your utmost energies to forward it at once. If (App. § 21) you have such little luxuries⁠[11] as tea, coffee, sugar, and biscuits by you, such⁠[12] as one man can easily carry, I beg you on⁠[13] my own behalf that you will send a small supply⁠[14] and⁠[15] add to the great debt of gratitude due to you upon the timely arrival of the supplies for my people. Until⁠[16] that time I beg you to believe me,

Yours sincerely,

H. M. Stanley, Commanding⁠[17] the Anglo-American Expedition for⁠[18] the Exploration of Africa.

P.S. You⁠[19] may not know me by name, I therefore add, I⁠[20] am the person that discovered⁠[21] Livingstone in 1871. H. M. S.—H. M. Stanley, “Through the Dark Continent.”