Field Museum of Natural Gistory — LIBRARY Chiragu Py LA Ch ead “a ey « . ’ i “ a ~* a f a » . . . = ‘ ( ( ; . » a a ' ‘ < Cp) ‘ : : . . , J 1 : j ' r ' : P t 3 . . . i . : : ; % . . . MevN PAS eA IN OMIN Win ak waa’ hl OA BEING A COLLECTION OF HIS LETTERS AND ¥OURNALS. EDITED AND ANNOTATED BY PROFESSOR G. SCHWEINFURTH ; PROFESSOR F. RATZEL; DR Ra We PELKIN;: snp DR. G. HARTLAUB: With Two Portraits, a map, and Hotes. TRANSLATED BY Ytrg:-R; W. FELKIN. eo @ef 2 e e@ os ere e e © & Cee eeeeos OID ON: GHORGE PHILIP & SON, 32 FLEET STREET; LIVERPOOL: CAXTON BUILDINGS, SOUTH JOHN STREET, AND 45 To 51 SOUTH CASTLE STREET. 1888. CON NS. IntrRopuction By R, W. Fexxin, M.D., F.R.GS. EMIN PASHA’S LETTERS AND JOURNALS. I. First JOURNEYS IN THE MADI CountTRY, IN UNYORO, AND IN N Wo Ov v1 UGANDA. . From Lado up the Nile to Dufilé, July 1877 (Petermann’s Mitteclungen, 1878) . From Dufilé up the Nile to Magingo on aie Miter Take ral subsequently vid Kiroto and Masindi to Mri, August 1877 (ab. 1878) . From Mrili to Rubaga in 7 Ueendaee November 28 ts pacember 18, 1877 (2b. 1878) . Diary of a Journey from Mrali to the apical of Unyore mal Remarks concerning Unyoro and its People, September 13 to October 30, 1877 (2b. 1879) . A Description of the Wanyoro (vb. 1879) . Dufilé to Fatiko, December 27, 1878, to January 8, ie (ib, 1880) . On Trade and Gomer: anlong tite Wocknds and Wanwbeo (Ausland, 1883) II. JOURNEYS BETWEEN THE VICTORIA AND THE ALBERT LAKES. I. 2s 3: 4. be A Visit to the Victoria Lake, February 13, 1878 (Petermann’s Mitterlungen, 1880) From Rubaga to Mruli, March 28 to Ngai 8, 1878 (ib. 18€ 5 From Mrili vid Fauvera to Magungo, April 13-28, 1878 (0d. 1880) . An Excursion to ries on the Wiener fevote of he Ries Lake, November and December 1879 (2b. 1880) A Sail upon the Albert sak ies : Scottish Geo prac Magazine) . : F ‘ - PAGE 1X Io Vi CONTENTS. III. Tor Monsurru Country. 1. A Visit to the Monbuttu, 1883 (Mitteilungen des Vereins fir De Erdkunde zu Leipzig, 1887) Notes on the Monbuttu (L’Hsploratore, 1887). IV. In toe Country oF THE BARI AND LAruKA. Ve I. From Gondokoéro through Tarangole to Agaru, March 31 to April 28, 1881 (Petermann’s Matterlungen, 1882) . . From Agart through Fadibék to Fajuli and back to Haanber May 1881 (2b. 1882) . From Fadibék vid Obbo to aoe May 1881 (ub. 1882) . From Labére wid Fadibék to Wario) October 1880 (dlitier- lungen der K.K. Geog. Gesell., Wien, 1882) . From Fatiko to Fauvera atl back, October and Noyes 1880 (2b, 1882) . From Gondokoro to Obbo, March 29 Hi May me 1881 a 1GO2)) TRAVELS TO THE WEST OF THE BAHR-EL-JEBEL. I. NO Oo II. 12. From Ladé, on the White Nile, through Nyambara to Kediba, in the Kedert Country, September 15-24, 1881 (Petermann’s Mitteilungen, 1883) . From Kediba to samen of ie eae Disesee September 24-30 (7b. 1883) . From Biti to Bufi—The River Lau, Guone! on (ab, oe . From Bufi to Rumbék, October 22 to November 12, 1881 . (2b. 1883) 5 Rumbek ; The Agar and ‘iis Dinics Tabs N opemiles I2- 15, 1881 (ib. 1883) . Through the Territory of ale Gok to sine Hier Rea oA back to the River Yalo, November 1881 (7b. 1883) . The Lori Country and the Upper Yalo as far as Bear November 1881 (7b. 1883) . Return March to Ladd, December 4-15, 1881 Ge. 1883) . . From Bedeén, on the White Nile, through Fajelu to Kakuak, October 9-17, 1882 (2b. 1883) . The Kakuak and Fajeli Countries, Gerover 18 =31, “Fee (2b. 1883) Kabayendi and the M: leveled ab. oe Through the Abaka ae, to Gosa, Now euie ta cor 1882 (1b. 1883) , 5 ; : PAGE 186 202 CONTENTS. 13. From Gosa vié Abukaya and Makrakd-Sugaire to Wandi, November 20-26, 1882 VI. On THE GEOGRAPHY OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS. I. 2. The Acclimatisation of various Domestic Animals in the Equatorial Nile Region (Ausland, 1882) Zoo-Geographical Notes (Mhitteilungen des Vereins a, Erd- kunde zu Leipzig, 1887) , ‘ VII. ON THE STATE OF CIVILISATION AND ON POLITICS. Bh & N 4 . The Zeribas in the Province of Rol in 1881 (Ausland, 1882) . . On Exploration, the Labour Question, and Civilisation (J/SS.) . On the Slave Question (J/SS.) . . On the Agriculture, Commerce, and Aamanieteation of the Equatorial Provinces (MSS.) le : F . The Sudan and the Equatorial Province in nile Summer of 1882 (Ausland, 1883) . . Three Letters to Dr. G. Schw Sinn Giellinien: des Verte jir Erdkunde zu Leipzig, 1887) . Letters to Dr. R. W. Felkin . APPENDIX INDEX AND GLOSSARY Vil PAGE 386 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PoRTRAIT OF Emin PasHA, FROM A PHoToGRAPH By M. L. P. Vossion, TAKEN AT KuarTUM, Marcu 1882. 5 , . Lrontisprece. PoRTRAIT OF Emin PasHA, FROM A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN IN GERMANY, 1875. : 2 ‘ ; ‘ : : : To face page ix. Map oF THE EQuaTORIAL Provincz, BY E. G. RAVENSTEIN . Af end. EN TRODUCEITON. ————— THs volume contains a collection of letters, and extracts from journals, which Emin Pasha has sent to various correspondents in Europe during his residence in the Egyptian Sudan, As I have had the pleasure of personal acquaintance with Emin Pasha, and the advantage of travelling through a con- siderable portion of the country he has so long ruled, and have also been in continuous correspondence with him for the past nine years, the task of writing an introduction to the book has been entrusted to me ; and although this is a pleasant duty, it is yet an arduous one, for I find it difficult to say all I wish with regard to my illustrious friend, and yet at the same time to write in such a way as may be acceptable to him. | It must be borne in mind that Emin Pasha has no idea that these letters are being published in their present form. It may be well to explain here the reason for their publication. Until last year, Emin Pasha was a comparatively unknown man. A few scientists in Germany and in England alone knew of his existence and of the work in which he was engaged; but when, in the end of 1886, I received and pub- lished letters from him, saying that he still held the Equatorial Province of Egypt, and requesting help to enable him to main- tain his post, interest was aroused in him, and his fame rapidly. spread throughout the whole of the civilised world. Help, too, was soon forthcoming. I proposed that an expe- dition should be sent to his relief, and the Royal Scottish x INTRODUCTION. Geographical Society petitioned Government to assist them in equipping one. The project, however, was not destined to be carried out by them, for the Government gave their consent to a scheme organised by Mr. W. Mackinnon of Ballinakill, who, in conjunction with several of his friends, sent out an ex- pedition under Mr. Stanley in January 1887,a sum of £10,000 being subscribed towards it by the Eeyptian Government. In order to satisfy the desire expressed by Germans to know more of ‘their countryman, Professor Ratzel of Leipzig and Professor Schweinfurth of Cairo undertook to publish a collection of Emin Pasha’s letters, feeling that this was the best way of making him known; and it is in consequence of the interest felt in him in our own country, that the publishers of this English edition are induced to present a translation of the German work to the British public. It is hoped that it will meet with that appreciation which the letters and journals deserve, full as they are of interesting details concerning the geography, botany, zoology, and, above all, the ethnology of the very heart of Africa, and dealing, as they do, with a desperate struggle for liberty and civilisation, carried on single-handed by a Kuropean, within the stronghold of slavery and barbarism. As I have often been asked, “Who is Emin Pasha?” I will quote a few sentences about his past life from the Intro- duction to the German edition of this book :— “Tt is not our intention to give here a biography of this important man; his name belongs to the history of our times, and his work is, please God, not nearly finished. Hmin Pasha forms at the present time the central point around which all the interest in Central Africa revolves, and now that it is generally known that the Arabic name ‘Emin’ is only a cognomen chosen by a German in partibus