Chapter

 1 I      |        father, a brave and worthy captain in the English Navy, had
 2 I      |        the death of the estimable captain, Samuel Ferguson, then twenty-two
 3 I      |          in 1845 participating in Captain Sturt’s expedition, which
 4 I      |       until 1853, in accompanying Captain McClure on the expedition
 5 II     |          transport-ship Resolute, Captain Bennett, at the disposal
 6 V      |         auspices, Lieutenant (now Captain) Speke has associated with
 7 V      |           has associated with him Captain Grant, of the army in India;
 8 V      |   Gondokoro; there, he will await Captain Speke’s caravan, and be
 9 V      |        together the operations of Captain Speke and those of Dr. Barth,
10 VIII   |        James Ross. Her commander, Captain Bennet, had the name of
11 VIII   |           much distinction by the captain and his officers, the doctor
12 VIII   |           Westminster Bridge. The captain leaped in, accompanied by
13 VIII   |        will encounter such,” said Captain Bennet. “There are tornadoes
14 IX     |       anchor in the port. But the captain touched there only to replenish
15 IX     |              But then,” continued Captain Bennet, “in order to reach
16 IX     |        doctor.”~“And why, my dear captain?”~“Let us understand one
17 X      |      decided.~“However,” said the captain, “the thing may prove dangerous.”~“
18 XI     |         that he had received from Captain Speke. The captain and his
19 XI     |           from Captain Speke. The captain and his companions had suffered
20 XI     |   conferred with Dr. Ferguson and Captain Bennet on the subject. The
21 XI     |          we need it. But, my dear captain, an accident may happen
22 XI     | completing our preparations.”~The captain yielded to these suggestions,
23 XI     |         clock in the evening, the captain assembled the travellers
24 XI     |         strong-armed sailors, and Captain Bennet and his officers
25 XI     |         leave-taking arrived. The captain and his officers embraced
26 XIII   |        hydrogen emanations, which Captain Burton mentions, could be
27 XVI    |           discover some traces of Captain Speke’s expedition or of
28 XVII   |         in an unexplored country! Captain Burton pushed very far to
29 XVII   |           these new regions. When Captain Speke set out to discover
30 XVIII  |         long sought for, of which Captain Speke caught a glimpse on
31 XVIII  |    Victoria, or Victoria Lake, by Captain Speke. At the place now
32 XVIII  |        its southern extremity the captain found a group of islets,
33 XVIII  |         it had been determined by Captain Speke, say three thousand
34 XXX    |          country, in company with Captain Clapperton and Dr. Oudney.
35 XXX    |           15th of December, 1823, Captain Clapperton and Dr. Oudney
36 XXXVIII|      equal good fortune. This was Captain Clapperton, the companion
37 XXXVIII|     London, bringing with him the captain’s papers, and an exact narrative