Collecting those who survived of the rearguard Stanley for the third time traversed the primeval forest, and in January 1889 all that was left of the expedition was assembled at Albert Ny anza. Of 646 men with whom he entered the Congo, but 246 remained. In April the return journey to Zanzibar by way of Uganda was begun, Emin reluctantly accompanying Stanley. On this homeward journey Stanley discovered Ruwenzori (the Moun tains of the Moon), traced the course of the Semliki River, discovered Albert Edward Nyanza and the great south-western gulf of Victoria Nyanza. During his stay in the Congo forests he had also obtained much information concerning the pygmy tribes. As to the political results of the expedition, Stanley's proposals to Emin to hold the Equatorial Province for the Congo State or to move nearer Victoria Nyanza and enter the service of Mackinnon's British East Africa Company had not been ac cepted, but he concluded agreements with various chiefs in the lake regions in favour of Great Britain, agreements which were handed over to the East Africa Company. Zanzibar was reached on Dec. 6, 1889, and the expedition was at an end. In Darkest Africa, was published (in six languages) in 189o.
Returning to England, Stanley was received with much honour, and received many distinctions. There was, nevertheless, bitter controversy over the fate of the rearguard of the expedition. On July 12, 189o, he married Miss Dorothy Tennant, second daugh ter of Mr. Charles Tennant, sometime M.P. for St. Albans. Later in the year he visited the United States, and in 1891-1892 went to Australia and New Zealand on lecturing tours. On his return he was renaturalized as a British subject, and after an unsuccessful attempt in 1892, he was elected member of parliament in 1895. He did not seek re-election in 19oo. In 1895 Stanley pub lished My Early Travels and Adventures in America and Asia, in which he retold the story of his experiences with the Red Indians and of his eastern journey of 1869-1870. In 1897 Stanley paid his last visit to Africa. He went to the Cape as the guest of the British South Africa Company, spoke at the opening of the rail way from the Cape to Bulawayo, visited the Victoria Falls of the Zambezi and had an interview with President Kruger, of whom he gives a characteristic pen-picture. One result of this
journey was Through South Africa (1898), the last of his pub lished works. In 1899 in recognition of his services in Africa he was made a K.C.B. The last few years of his life were spent mainly in retirement on a small estate he had purchased, Furze Hill, near Pirbright. He died at his London residence in Rich mond Terrace, Whitehall, on May io, 1904, and was buried at Pirbright. The monolith over his grave bears the inscription: "Henry Morton Stanley 1841-1904" with his African name "Bula Matari" and the one word "Africa." In geographical discoveries Stanley accomplished more than any other explorer of Africa. Notwithstanding his frequent conflicts with Arabs and negroes, he possessed in extraordinary degree the power of managing native races; he was absolutely fearless and ever ready to sacrifice either himself or others to achieve his object. His books differ widely from the ordinary books of travel. Stanley had a gift of dramatic narrative, and his power of por traiture was remarkable. Curiously, the least successful of his works was the only one which he cast in the form of fiction, My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave. My Dark Companions and their Strange Stories (1893) is a valuable contribution to folklore.