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Updated: May 24, 2025
But the savages were the worst danger. Stanley and his men were worn out with running the gauntlet month after month. At the village of Rubunga, where the natives were friendly, Stanley heard for the first time that the river actually was the Congo.
Here the traveller was able to replenish his stock of provisions, and when the drums of Rubunga were sounded it was not for battle but to summon the inhabitants to market, and from the surrounding villages the people came to offer for sale fish, snails, oysters, dried dog-flesh, goats, bananas, meal, and bread. As a rule, however, no trust could be placed in the natives.
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