" Dear Sir
I have arrived at this place from Zanzibar with 115 souls, men, women & children. We are now in a state of imminent starvation. We can purchase nothing from the natives for they laugh at our kinds of cloth.... [he then explained that unless supplies could be sent to him within two days...] I may have a fearful time of it among the dying...' [Stanley ended with a brief postscript]”
Excerpt From: Tim Jeal. “Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer. "
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![Henry M. Stanley quote : Dear Sir<br /><br />I have arrived at this place from Zanzibar with 115 souls, men, women & children. We are now in a state of imminent starvation. We can purchase nothing from the natives for they laugh at our kinds of cloth.... [he then explained that unless supplies could be sent to him within two days...] I may have a fearful time of it among the dying...' [Stanley ended with a brief postscript]”<br /><br />Excerpt From: Tim Jeal. “Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer.](/image/1432211.jpg)