Stanley’s Book of Travels.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 459, 27 May 1890, Page 2

Stanley’s Book of Travels.

HIS DESCRIPTION OF THE DWABFS. SPEAKS HIGHLY OF THEM. [per san ebancisco mail.] Stanley’s Book was completed on April 19th. The work abounds in graphic illustrations of character of the inhabitants of the Dark Continent, and contains curious details concerning forest dwarfs to whom his letteiw referred, and in whom the interest of the civilised world is aroused. In his descriptien of the dwarfs Stanley states they possess many geod qualities, which are wholly unsuspected by all except those who have come into immediate relations with them, and who have cultivated their friendship The race has a higher grade of morality than the negro, and is the only monogamous one there is in Africa. It stands quite alone in regard for the sacredness of the marital relations. The dwarfs are skilled workers in iron, and readily adaptable to civilisation. Stanley insists the race has the oldest history in the world, tracing their lineage back fifty centuries. The dwarf Queen became very friendly to Stanley and Dr Parke, and accompanied the expedition for a considerable distance. Unfortunately she died when away from her own country. Stanley applies his facts to theories relating to the ultimate rise of the negroes in the scale of civilisation. He places them more on equality with the whites than most of the explorers are willing to admit. Dr Parke also publishes an exhaustive and interesting account of his medical experiences in Africa. He describes an extraordinary disease rife among the natives in tne neighborhood of the lakes. It is produced by a larva of worms which enter the body through the feet and extend their progress upward to the hip. Their presence causes severe swellings and ulcers, and finally death. Dr Parke also insists that Emin Pasha has cataract on each eye, and that tha sight of one eye is completely destroyed.