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With Captain Stairs to Katanga. By J. A. Moloney. (Sampson Low and Co.)—Dr. Moloney accompanied Captain Stairs as medical officer in the expedition of the Katanga, Company to settle that part of the country allotted to them by the Congo Free State, and to finally come to terms with Msiri, to whom the dis- trict, or part of it at least, belonged by conquest. The result of the Stairs Expedition to Kntanga, is now well known. They succeeded in pacifying Msiri by the last and final argument of all similar disputes, and performed the task allotted to them, On the return, they endured great sufferings and prolonged starvation, similar to the experience of Stanley's Rearguard. Dr. Moloney kept his health when the other Europeans were completely hors de combat, breaking-down only at the last. The similarity to the now famous " Relief" is again to he noticed, the lives of all simply depending upon the Doctor's health and power of endurance. Dr. Moloney's book is well written, and furnished with a map; but the tale of African travel and hardship has now somewhat lost its interest for most readers. e
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