Section 150. Mr. Stanley’s Letter (continued). II

Dear Sirs,

Though⁠ strangers, I feel we shall be great friends, and⁠ I shall always remember my feelings of gratefulness, when I first caught sight of your supplies, and my poor, faithful, and brave people cried out: “Master, we are saved!—food⁠ is coming!” The old and the young—the men, the women, and the children—lifted their wearied and worn-out⁠ frames⁠, and began to chant lustily an⁠ extemporaneous song, in⁠ honour of the white people by (an) the great salt sea (the (S. 53, N. 9) Atlantic) who had listened to their prayers. I had⁠ to rush to my tent to hide the tears that would issue⁠, despite all my attempts to composure⁠.

Gentlemen, that the blessing of God may attend your footsteps whithersoever⁠ you go, is the very earnest⁠ prayer of

Yours faithfully,

H. M. Stanley,

Commanding the Anglo-American Expedition.—

H. M. Stanley, “Through the Dark Continent.”

obgleich wir uns noch fremd sind.

Say ‘and I shall never forget the feelings of gratefulness which I experienced (empfinden, insep. comp. str. v.), when’, etc.

Say ‘there come provisions’!

abgemagert.

Körper, m., which use in the Sing.

ein aus dem Stegreife entworfenes Lied; to chant = to sing.

in — people, den Weißen ... zu Ehren; the words zu Ehren must be placed at the end of the clause.

Use the Imperfect of müssen.

to issue = to break forth, hervor´brechen.

to composure = to compose myself.

The adverbial clause ‘whithersoever you go’ may be briefly rendered by the adverb ‘stets’.

earnest = sincere; faithfully, ergeben (adject.).