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Excerpt from Wonders of the Tropics, or Explorations and Adventures of Henry M. Stanley and Other World-Renowned Travelers: Including Livingstone, Baker, Cameron, Speke, Emin Pasha, Du Chaillu, Andersson, Etc.; Containing Thrilling Accounts of Famous Expeditions, Miraculous Escapes, Wild Sports of the Jungle and Plain, Curious Customs of Savage Races, Etc The wonderful discoveries and thrilling adventures Of the world's greatest explorer, Henry M. Stanley, are related in this new work. It is a record Of the most daring achievements and heroic deeds Of modern times, describing the long and perilous journeys, the terrible sufferings, the brilliant conflicts with ferocious men and beasts, the grand discoveries, which have awakened intense interest and aroused the enthusiastic admiration Of all civilized nations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: hearted manner of the boy, and not only received him into his family, but soon adopted him as his own. His friend and benefactor soon learned that bis confidence had not been misplaced; that the impulsive Welsh HENRY M. STANLEY, THE WORLD'S GREATEST EXPLORER. boy was capable of great things; that he was honest and competent; and although at that time no prediction could have been made of the wonderful career which lay before him, yet, even then, it could safely have beensaid that in some capacity or other he was likely to become distinguished above ordinary men. Stanley's benefactor died intestate, or at least none of his property fell to his adopted son. By the sudden bereavement which had overtaken him, he was left alone in the world and brought face to face with the startling fact that he was to be the architect of his own fortune; that ht. was to find his surest helper in himself; that he could accomplish in life just what his own capacity and push and genius would enable him to bring to pass. In his case, as in that of others, it is interesting to trace the chain of circumstances which led him on to the great undertakings which have since startled the world. Stanley in California. He was seized with a strong desire to visit the Pacific coast. It is not worth while here to recount the adventures and hardships which he underwent in carrying out his cherished wish to acquaint himself with the western part of our country; the old saying that where there is a will there is a way, was fully illustrated in this instance. For a time he roamed over different parts of California; gazed upon the romantic scenes which that country affords; made the acquaintance, of miners as they sat around their camp-fires; listened to the tales of their exploits; wondered at the ma...