Chapter XXI

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From this reading On the 20th of June, Stanley again sailed from Kagehyi with his expedition, having procured the loan of fifty canoes from Lukongeh, the amiable King of Ukerewe, and arrived safely at Refuge Island, half way to Uganda and two days’ sail from Bumbireh.

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

from one side of something to the other

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of

From this reading After a few days’ rest on Refuge Island they proceeded on their voyage, and remembering the bitter injuries he had received from the natives of Bumbireh, and the death by violence and starvation he and his party had so narrowly escaped, Stanley resolved that, unless they should make amends for their cruelty and treachery, he would attack them and administer such punishment as would prove a salutary lesson, and teach them the duty of hospitality to travellers in the future.

later than; following

From this reading After a few days’ rest on Refuge Island they proceeded on their voyage, and remembering the bitter injuries he had received from the natives of Bumbireh, and the death by violence and starvation he and his party had so narrowly escaped, Stanley resolved that, unless they should make amends for their cruelty and treachery, he would attack them and administer such punishment as would prove a salutary lesson, and teach them the duty of hospitality to travellers in the future.

anew

From this reading On the 20th of June, Stanley again sailed from Kagehyi with his expedition, having procured the loan of fifty canoes from Lukongeh, the amiable King of Ukerewe, and arrived safely at Refuge Island, half way to Uganda and two days’ sail from Bumbireh.

a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

From this reading After a few days’ rest on Refuge Island they proceeded on their voyage, and remembering the bitter injuries he had received from the natives of Bumbireh, and the death by violence and starvation he and his party had so narrowly escaped, Stanley resolved that, unless they should make amends for their cruelty and treachery, he would attack them and administer such punishment as would prove a salutary lesson, and teach them the duty of hospitality to travellers in the future.

disposed to please

From this reading On the 20th of June, Stanley again sailed from Kagehyi with his expedition, having procured the loan of fifty canoes from Lukongeh, the amiable King of Ukerewe, and arrived safely at Refuge Island, half way to Uganda and two days’ sail from Bumbireh.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

accomplishment of an objective

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

From this reading On the 20th of June, Stanley again sailed from Kagehyi with his expedition, having procured the loan of fifty canoes from Lukongeh, the amiable King of Ukerewe, and arrived safely at Refuge Island, half way to Uganda and two days’ sail from Bumbireh.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading After a few days’ rest on Refuge Island they proceeded on their voyage, and remembering the bitter injuries he had received from the natives of Bumbireh, and the death by violence and starvation he and his party had so narrowly escaped, Stanley resolved that, unless they should make amends for their cruelty and treachery, he would attack them and administer such punishment as would prove a salutary lesson, and teach them the duty of hospitality to travellers in the future.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)

From this reading This latter place was where the savages had made the treacherous attack upon his expedition, so graphically described in the previous chapter.

marked by strong resentment or cynicism

From this reading After a few days’ rest on Refuge Island they proceeded on their voyage, and remembering the bitter injuries he had received from the natives of Bumbireh, and the death by violence and starvation he and his party had so narrowly escaped, Stanley resolved that, unless they should make amends for their cruelty and treachery, he would attack them and administer such punishment as would prove a salutary lesson, and teach them the duty of hospitality to travellers in the future.

third-person singular of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

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From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

plural of “canoe” — small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled

From this reading This latter place was where the savages had made the treacherous attack upon his expedition, so graphically described in the previous chapter.

a person who is in charge

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering

From this reading After a few days’ rest on Refuge Island they proceeded on their voyage, and remembering the bitter injuries he had received from the natives of Bumbireh, and the death by violence and starvation he and his party had so narrowly escaped, Stanley resolved that, unless they should make amends for their cruelty and treachery, he would attack them and administer such punishment as would prove a salutary lesson, and teach them the duty of hospitality to travellers in the future.

the time during which someone's life continues

From this reading On the 20th of June, Stanley again sailed from Kagehyi with his expedition, having procured the loan of fifty canoes from Lukongeh, the amiable King of Ukerewe, and arrived safely at Refuge Island, half way to Uganda and two days’ sail from Bumbireh.

the event of dying or departure from life

From this reading After a few days’ rest on Refuge Island they proceeded on their voyage, and remembering the bitter injuries he had received from the natives of Bumbireh, and the death by violence and starvation he and his party had so narrowly escaped, Stanley resolved that, unless they should make amends for their cruelty and treachery, he would attack them and administer such punishment as would prove a salutary lesson, and teach them the duty of hospitality to travellers in the future.

represented in words especially with sharpness and detail

From this reading This latter place was where the savages had made the treacherous attack upon his expedition, so graphically described in the previous chapter.

the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force

From this reading After a few days’ rest on Refuge Island they proceeded on their voyage, and remembering the bitter injuries he had received from the natives of Bumbireh, and the death by violence and starvation he and his party had so narrowly escaped, Stanley resolved that, unless they should make amends for their cruelty and treachery, he would attack them and administer such punishment as would prove a salutary lesson, and teach them the duty of hospitality to travellers in the future.

a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

the male ruler of an empire

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

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From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

past form of “encamp” — live in or as if in a tent

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

having escaped, especially from confinement

From this reading After a few days’ rest on Refuge Island they proceeded on their voyage, and remembering the bitter injuries he had received from the natives of Bumbireh, and the death by violence and starvation he and his party had so narrowly escaped, Stanley resolved that, unless they should make amends for their cruelty and treachery, he would attack them and administer such punishment as would prove a salutary lesson, and teach them the duty of hospitality to travellers in the future.

a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number

From this reading After a few days’ rest on Refuge Island they proceeded on their voyage, and remembering the bitter injuries he had received from the natives of Bumbireh, and the death by violence and starvation he and his party had so narrowly escaped, Stanley resolved that, unless they should make amends for their cruelty and treachery, he would attack them and administer such punishment as would prove a salutary lesson, and teach them the duty of hospitality to travellers in the future.

the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five

From this reading On the 20th of June, Stanley again sailed from Kagehyi with his expedition, having procured the loan of fifty canoes from Lukongeh, the amiable King of Ukerewe, and arrived safely at Refuge Island, half way to Uganda and two days’ sail from Bumbireh.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

the state of being friends (or friendly)

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading On the 20th of June, Stanley again sailed from Kagehyi with his expedition, having procured the loan of fifty canoes from Lukongeh, the amiable King of Ukerewe, and arrived safely at Refuge Island, half way to Uganda and two days’ sail from Bumbireh.

yet to be or coming

From this reading After a few days’ rest on Refuge Island they proceeded on their voyage, and remembering the bitter injuries he had received from the natives of Bumbireh, and the death by violence and starvation he and his party had so narrowly escaped, Stanley resolved that, unless they should make amends for their cruelty and treachery, he would attack them and administer such punishment as would prove a salutary lesson, and teach them the duty of hospitality to travellers in the future.

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From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

in a diagrammatic manner

From this reading This latter place was where the savages had made the treacherous attack upon his expedition, so graphically described in the previous chapter.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading This latter place was where the savages had made the treacherous attack upon his expedition, so graphically described in the previous chapter.

consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

the -ing form of “have”

From this reading On the 20th of June, Stanley again sailed from Kagehyi with his expedition, having procured the loan of fifty canoes from Lukongeh, the amiable King of Ukerewe, and arrived safely at Refuge Island, half way to Uganda and two days’ sail from Bumbireh.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading After a few days’ rest on Refuge Island they proceeded on their voyage, and remembering the bitter injuries he had received from the natives of Bumbireh, and the death by violence and starvation he and his party had so narrowly escaped, Stanley resolved that, unless they should make amends for their cruelty and treachery, he would attack them and administer such punishment as would prove a salutary lesson, and teach them the duty of hospitality to travellers in the future.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

kindness in welcoming guests or strangers

From this reading After a few days’ rest on Refuge Island they proceeded on their voyage, and remembering the bitter injuries he had received from the natives of Bumbireh, and the death by violence and starvation he and his party had so narrowly escaped, Stanley resolved that, unless they should make amends for their cruelty and treachery, he would attack them and administer such punishment as would prove a salutary lesson, and teach them the duty of hospitality to travellers in the future.

a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

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From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

plural of “injury” — any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.

From this reading After a few days’ rest on Refuge Island they proceeded on their voyage, and remembering the bitter injuries he had received from the natives of Bumbireh, and the death by violence and starvation he and his party had so narrowly escaped, Stanley resolved that, unless they should make amends for their cruelty and treachery, he would attack them and administer such punishment as would prove a salutary lesson, and teach them the duty of hospitality to travellers in the future.

past form of “interview” — conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

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From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

the month following May and preceding July

From this reading On the 20th of June, Stanley again sailed from Kagehyi with his expedition, having procured the loan of fifty canoes from Lukongeh, the amiable King of Ukerewe, and arrived safely at Refuge Island, half way to Uganda and two days’ sail from Bumbireh.

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From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

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From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

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From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

the land on which real estate is located

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several)

From this reading This latter place was where the savages had made the treacherous attack upon his expedition, so graphically described in the previous chapter.

plural of “leaf” — the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

a unit of instruction

From this reading After a few days’ rest on Refuge Island they proceeded on their voyage, and remembering the bitter injuries he had received from the natives of Bumbireh, and the death by violence and starvation he and his party had so narrowly escaped, Stanley resolved that, unless they should make amends for their cruelty and treachery, he would attack them and administer such punishment as would prove a salutary lesson, and teach them the duty of hospitality to travellers in the future.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

the temporary provision of money (usually at interest)

From this reading On the 20th of June, Stanley again sailed from Kagehyi with his expedition, having procured the loan of fifty canoes from Lukongeh, the amiable King of Ukerewe, and arrived safely at Refuge Island, half way to Uganda and two days’ sail from Bumbireh.

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From this reading On the 20th of June, Stanley again sailed from Kagehyi with his expedition, having procured the loan of fifty canoes from Lukongeh, the amiable King of Ukerewe, and arrived safely at Refuge Island, half way to Uganda and two days’ sail from Bumbireh.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading This latter place was where the savages had made the treacherous attack upon his expedition, so graphically described in the previous chapter.

engage in

From this reading After a few days’ rest on Refuge Island they proceeded on their voyage, and remembering the bitter injuries he had received from the natives of Bumbireh, and the death by violence and starvation he and his party had so narrowly escaped, Stanley resolved that, unless they should make amends for their cruelty and treachery, he would attack them and administer such punishment as would prove a salutary lesson, and teach them the duty of hospitality to travellers in the future.

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From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

social deportment

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

kill a large number of people indiscriminately

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

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From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

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From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

plural of “murderer” — a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

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From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

in a narrow manner; not allowing for exceptions

From this reading After a few days’ rest on Refuge Island they proceeded on their voyage, and remembering the bitter injuries he had received from the natives of Bumbireh, and the death by violence and starvation he and his party had so narrowly escaped, Stanley resolved that, unless they should make amends for their cruelty and treachery, he would attack them and administer such punishment as would prove a salutary lesson, and teach them the duty of hospitality to travellers in the future.

plural of “native” — an indigenous person who was born in a particular place

From this reading After a few days’ rest on Refuge Island they proceeded on their voyage, and remembering the bitter injuries he had received from the natives of Bumbireh, and the death by violence and starvation he and his party had so narrowly escaped, Stanley resolved that, unless they should make amends for their cruelty and treachery, he would attack them and administer such punishment as would prove a salutary lesson, and teach them the duty of hospitality to travellers in the future.

plural of “neighbor” — a person who lives (or is located) near another

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

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From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

an organization to gain political power

From this reading After a few days’ rest on Refuge Island they proceeded on their voyage, and remembering the bitter injuries he had received from the natives of Bumbireh, and the death by violence and starvation he and his party had so narrowly escaped, Stanley resolved that, unless they should make amends for their cruelty and treachery, he would attack them and administer such punishment as would prove a salutary lesson, and teach them the duty of hospitality to travellers in the future.

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading This latter place was where the savages had made the treacherous attack upon his expedition, so graphically described in the previous chapter.

just preceding something else in time or order

From this reading This latter place was where the savages had made the treacherous attack upon his expedition, so graphically described in the previous chapter.

past form of “proceed” — continue talking

From this reading After a few days’ rest on Refuge Island they proceeded on their voyage, and remembering the bitter injuries he had received from the natives of Bumbireh, and the death by violence and starvation he and his party had so narrowly escaped, Stanley resolved that, unless they should make amends for their cruelty and treachery, he would attack them and administer such punishment as would prove a salutary lesson, and teach them the duty of hospitality to travellers in the future.

past form of “procure” — get by special effort

From this reading On the 20th of June, Stanley again sailed from Kagehyi with his expedition, having procured the loan of fifty canoes from Lukongeh, the amiable King of Ukerewe, and arrived safely at Refuge Island, half way to Uganda and two days’ sail from Bumbireh.

be shown or be found to be

From this reading After a few days’ rest on Refuge Island they proceeded on their voyage, and remembering the bitter injuries he had received from the natives of Bumbireh, and the death by violence and starvation he and his party had so narrowly escaped, Stanley resolved that, unless they should make amends for their cruelty and treachery, he would attack them and administer such punishment as would prove a salutary lesson, and teach them the duty of hospitality to travellers in the future.

the act of punishing

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers

From this reading After a few days’ rest on Refuge Island they proceeded on their voyage, and remembering the bitter injuries he had received from the natives of Bumbireh, and the death by violence and starvation he and his party had so narrowly escaped, Stanley resolved that, unless they should make amends for their cruelty and treachery, he would attack them and administer such punishment as would prove a salutary lesson, and teach them the duty of hospitality to travellers in the future.

plural of “reflection” — a calm, lengthy, intent consideration

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

a safe place

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered

From this reading After a few days’ rest on Refuge Island they proceeded on their voyage, and remembering the bitter injuries he had received from the natives of Bumbireh, and the death by violence and starvation he and his party had so narrowly escaped, Stanley resolved that, unless they should make amends for their cruelty and treachery, he would attack them and administer such punishment as would prove a salutary lesson, and teach them the duty of hospitality to travellers in the future.

determined

From this reading After a few days’ rest on Refuge Island they proceeded on their voyage, and remembering the bitter injuries he had received from the natives of Bumbireh, and the death by violence and starvation he and his party had so narrowly escaped, Stanley resolved that, unless they should make amends for their cruelty and treachery, he would attack them and administer such punishment as would prove a salutary lesson, and teach them the duty of hospitality to travellers in the future.

not move; be in a resting position

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

plural of “return” — document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability

From this reading RETURNS TO UGANDA.

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From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

with safety; in a safe manner

From this reading On the 20th of June, Stanley again sailed from Kagehyi with his expedition, having procured the loan of fifty canoes from Lukongeh, the amiable King of Ukerewe, and arrived safely at Refuge Island, half way to Uganda and two days’ sail from Bumbireh.

traverse or travel on (a body of water)

From this reading On the 20th of June, Stanley again sailed from Kagehyi with his expedition, having procured the loan of fifty canoes from Lukongeh, the amiable King of Ukerewe, and arrived safely at Refuge Island, half way to Uganda and two days’ sail from Bumbireh.

past form of “sail” — traverse or travel on (a body of water)

From this reading On the 20th of June, Stanley again sailed from Kagehyi with his expedition, having procured the loan of fifty canoes from Lukongeh, the amiable King of Ukerewe, and arrived safely at Refuge Island, half way to Uganda and two days’ sail from Bumbireh.

tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

plural of “savage” — a member of an uncivilized people

From this reading This latter place was where the savages had made the treacherous attack upon his expedition, so graphically described in the previous chapter.

treated with dislike or contempt

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading After a few days’ rest on Refuge Island they proceeded on their voyage, and remembering the bitter injuries he had received from the natives of Bumbireh, and the death by violence and starvation he and his party had so narrowly escaped, Stanley resolved that, unless they should make amends for their cruelty and treachery, he would attack them and administer such punishment as would prove a salutary lesson, and teach them the duty of hospitality to travellers in the future.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading This latter place was where the savages had made the treacherous attack upon his expedition, so graphically described in the previous chapter.

plural of “spring” — the season of growth

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

United States inventor who built a steam-powered automobile (1849-1918)

From this reading On the 20th of June, Stanley again sailed from Kagehyi with his expedition, having procured the loan of fifty canoes from Lukongeh, the amiable King of Ukerewe, and arrived safely at Refuge Island, half way to Uganda and two days’ sail from Bumbireh.

possessive form of “stanley” — United States inventor who built a steam-powered automobile (1849-1918)

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period

From this reading After a few days’ rest on Refuge Island they proceeded on their voyage, and remembering the bitter injuries he had received from the natives of Bumbireh, and the death by violence and starvation he and his party had so narrowly escaped, Stanley resolved that, unless they should make amends for their cruelty and treachery, he would attack them and administer such punishment as would prove a salutary lesson, and teach them the duty of hospitality to travellers in the future.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading After a few days’ rest on Refuge Island they proceeded on their voyage, and remembering the bitter injuries he had received from the natives of Bumbireh, and the death by violence and starvation he and his party had so narrowly escaped, Stanley resolved that, unless they should make amends for their cruelty and treachery, he would attack them and administer such punishment as would prove a salutary lesson, and teach them the duty of hospitality to travellers in the future.

impart skills or knowledge to

From this reading After a few days’ rest on Refuge Island they proceeded on their voyage, and remembering the bitter injuries he had received from the natives of Bumbireh, and the death by violence and starvation he and his party had so narrowly escaped, Stanley resolved that, unless they should make amends for their cruelty and treachery, he would attack them and administer such punishment as would prove a salutary lesson, and teach them the duty of hospitality to travellers in the future.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading After a few days’ rest on Refuge Island they proceeded on their voyage, and remembering the bitter injuries he had received from the natives of Bumbireh, and the death by violence and starvation he and his party had so narrowly escaped, Stanley resolved that, unless they should make amends for their cruelty and treachery, he would attack them and administer such punishment as would prove a salutary lesson, and teach them the duty of hospitality to travellers in the future.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading After a few days’ rest on Refuge Island they proceeded on their voyage, and remembering the bitter injuries he had received from the natives of Bumbireh, and the death by violence and starvation he and his party had so narrowly escaped, Stanley resolved that, unless they should make amends for their cruelty and treachery, he would attack them and administer such punishment as would prove a salutary lesson, and teach them the duty of hospitality to travellers in the future.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading After a few days’ rest on Refuge Island they proceeded on their voyage, and remembering the bitter injuries he had received from the natives of Bumbireh, and the death by violence and starvation he and his party had so narrowly escaped, Stanley resolved that, unless they should make amends for their cruelty and treachery, he would attack them and administer such punishment as would prove a salutary lesson, and teach them the duty of hospitality to travellers in the future.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading This latter place was where the savages had made the treacherous attack upon his expedition, so graphically described in the previous chapter.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading RETURNS TO UGANDA.

plural of “traveller” — a person who changes location

From this reading After a few days’ rest on Refuge Island they proceeded on their voyage, and remembering the bitter injuries he had received from the natives of Bumbireh, and the death by violence and starvation he and his party had so narrowly escaped, Stanley resolved that, unless they should make amends for their cruelty and treachery, he would attack them and administer such punishment as would prove a salutary lesson, and teach them the duty of hospitality to travellers in the future.

dangerously unstable and unpredictable

From this reading This latter place was where the savages had made the treacherous attack upon his expedition, so graphically described in the previous chapter.

Betrayal of trust; deceptive action or disloyalty against a host or ally.

From this reading After a few days’ rest on Refuge Island they proceeded on their voyage, and remembering the bitter injuries he had received from the natives of Bumbireh, and the death by violence and starvation he and his party had so narrowly escaped, Stanley resolved that, unless they should make amends for their cruelty and treachery, he would attack them and administer such punishment as would prove a salutary lesson, and teach them the duty of hospitality to travellers in the future.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading On the 20th of June, Stanley again sailed from Kagehyi with his expedition, having procured the loan of fifty canoes from Lukongeh, the amiable King of Ukerewe, and arrived safely at Refuge Island, half way to Uganda and two days’ sail from Bumbireh.

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From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

a landlocked republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1962

From this reading RETURNS TO UGANDA.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading On the 20th of June, Stanley again sailed from Kagehyi with his expedition, having procured the loan of fifty canoes from Lukongeh, the amiable King of Ukerewe, and arrived safely at Refuge Island, half way to Uganda and two days’ sail from Bumbireh.

except if; if not

From this reading After a few days’ rest on Refuge Island they proceeded on their voyage, and remembering the bitter injuries he had received from the natives of Bumbireh, and the death by violence and starvation he and his party had so narrowly escaped, Stanley resolved that, unless they should make amends for their cruelty and treachery, he would attack them and administer such punishment as would prove a salutary lesson, and teach them the duty of hospitality to travellers in the future.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)

From this reading After a few days’ rest on Refuge Island they proceeded on their voyage, and remembering the bitter injuries he had received from the natives of Bumbireh, and the death by violence and starvation he and his party had so narrowly escaped, Stanley resolved that, unless they should make amends for their cruelty and treachery, he would attack them and administer such punishment as would prove a salutary lesson, and teach them the duty of hospitality to travellers in the future.

an act of traveling by water

From this reading After a few days’ rest on Refuge Island they proceeded on their voyage, and remembering the bitter injuries he had received from the natives of Bumbireh, and the death by violence and starvation he and his party had so narrowly escaped, Stanley resolved that, unless they should make amends for their cruelty and treachery, he would attack them and administer such punishment as would prove a salutary lesson, and teach them the duty of hospitality to travellers in the future.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading This latter place was where the savages had made the treacherous attack upon his expedition, so graphically described in the previous chapter.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading On the 20th of June, Stanley again sailed from Kagehyi with his expedition, having procured the loan of fifty canoes from Lukongeh, the amiable King of Ukerewe, and arrived safely at Refuge Island, half way to Uganda and two days’ sail from Bumbireh.

in or at the place that

From this reading This latter place was where the savages had made the treacherous attack upon his expedition, so graphically described in the previous chapter.

a Caucasian

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Leaves Kagehyi with Half his Expedition -- Arrival at Refuge Island -- Brings up the Rest -- Encamped on Refuge Island -- Interviewed by Iroba Canoes -- Stanley’s Friendship Scorned -- The King of Bumbireh a Hostage -- The Massacre of the Kytawa Chief and his Crew -- The Punishment of the Murderers -- Its Salutary Effect upon their Neighbors -- Arrival in Uganda -- Life and Manners in Uganda -- The Emperor -- The Land -- _En-route_ for Muta Nzigé -- The White People of Gambaragara -- Lake Windermere -- Rumanika, the King of Karagwé -- His Country -- The Ingezi -- The Hot Springs of Mtagata -- Ubagwé -- Msené -- Across the Malagarazi to Ujiji -- Sad Reflections.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading After a few days’ rest on Refuge Island they proceeded on their voyage, and remembering the bitter injuries he had received from the natives of Bumbireh, and the death by violence and starvation he and his party had so narrowly escaped, Stanley resolved that, unless they should make amends for their cruelty and treachery, he would attack them and administer such punishment as would prove a salutary lesson, and teach them the duty of hospitality to travellers in the future.