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In the Depths of the Dark Continent

Cornelius Shea

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .e that he would yet corner the murderer of his uncle, and be the means of having him conveyed to the United States to stand trial.

As it was past noon when the ship came to anchor, the captain concluded to wait till morning before he proceeded ten miles up the river to a trading station.

A canvas awning was stretched over the deck, and the crew of the Mary Newman lay under this in a listless manner, waiting for the sun to go down so they could get the cool breeze which invariably comes after nightfall in that latitude.

Van noticed that the red-whiskered sailor appeared to be very uneasy, and he concluded to watch him closely.

The afternoon passed and darkness came, and with it the cooling breeze they so much desired.

Van was in the second watch, and, consequently, he turned into his bunk soon after mess.

But it was so warm below decks that he could not sleep, and after tossing about for perhaps an hour, he went on. . . Read More

Community Reviews

Non-stop, action-packed madness from 1905. Africa is but a backdrop for the author to let his imagination run amok. There's Amazons, dwarfs, giant land crabs, and a lost city that turns out to be African Utopia. Everything you'd want in a dime novel.