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CHAPTER XIX. RETREAT OF THE FIFTEEN HUNDRED. The start—Stanley’s illness—Mutiny—On the march—Skirmishes with the Warasura—Crossing the Semliki—The affluent of Lake Albert— In the valley—Mountains of the Moon—Speke’s geographical genius —Alpine climbing—The Usongora—Town of Kative—Lake Albert Edward—Sources of the Nile. In the history of antiquity there is the record of a retreat above all others great and glorious. It was that of the 10,000 Greeks who after the battle of Cunaxa, through perils and dangers of every kind, without food, without guides, through wild and ter rible country, pursued and harassed by Artaxerxes and his Persians, at last attained their native land. A thousand miles from the sea which they had thought never to behold again, they accomplished their march in 120 days, mainly owing to the skill and courage of their leaders. Of these Xenophon, who was one of the heroes of this memorable campaign, afterwards became its immortal his torian.