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... travels and arduous occupa- tions is always a penitential exercise . There is so much that should have been recorded on the spot , but then the spot was one that was not conducive to quiet jottings and descriptive accuracy . Perhaps ...
... travels and arduous occupa- tions is always a penitential exercise . There is so much that should have been recorded on the spot , but then the spot was one that was not conducive to quiet jottings and descriptive accuracy . Perhaps ...
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... travels were in vain . The energy of these Portuguese seems to stand out curiously and sadly before the silence and indifference which closed in upon them . Where , till very recently , was the place in history of Lacerda , the ...
... travels were in vain . The energy of these Portuguese seems to stand out curiously and sadly before the silence and indifference which closed in upon them . Where , till very recently , was the place in history of Lacerda , the ...
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... travel inland from Kilwa , where Dr. Kirk's vigilance has made itself very much felt , all tending to strengthen the fixed idea in the Arab mind concerning our determined suppressive Here were we in the Ilala able to steam anywhere ...
... travel inland from Kilwa , where Dr. Kirk's vigilance has made itself very much felt , all tending to strengthen the fixed idea in the Arab mind concerning our determined suppressive Here were we in the Ilala able to steam anywhere ...
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... travel , and with my five hundred carriers arrived safely the same night at Makurumadzi . On the 11th we reached Makanjira's village . As I have before stated , I had some trouble with him on the way down concerning some of his people ...
... travel , and with my five hundred carriers arrived safely the same night at Makurumadzi . On the 11th we reached Makanjira's village . As I have before stated , I had some trouble with him on the way down concerning some of his people ...
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