Nyassa: A Journal of Adventures Whilst Exploring Lake Nyassa, Central Africa, and Establishing the Settlement of "Livingstonia". |
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... heart and soul into the suppression of the slave - trade . Reporting re- cently on his visit to a part of the Zanzibar Coast , hitherto famous for its slave - exporting transactions , Dr. Kirk , Her Majesty's indefati- gable Consul ...
... heart and soul into the suppression of the slave - trade . Reporting re- cently on his visit to a part of the Zanzibar Coast , hitherto famous for its slave - exporting transactions , Dr. Kirk , Her Majesty's indefati- gable Consul ...
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... he had so much at heart . To raise up some fitting memorial to so great a man was a very natural instinct , and it craved a prompt satisfaction . Had he been consulted 92 B in life I cannot doubt but that the steps even- NYASSA. ...
... he had so much at heart . To raise up some fitting memorial to so great a man was a very natural instinct , and it craved a prompt satisfaction . Had he been consulted 92 B in life I cannot doubt but that the steps even- NYASSA. ...
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... heart of Africa had been reached by the enemies of all her races . Three separate streams bore down , midst the wails and woes of men , the remnants of expiring tribes and communities , each of them strong at one time as to numbers ...
... heart of Africa had been reached by the enemies of all her races . Three separate streams bore down , midst the wails and woes of men , the remnants of expiring tribes and communities , each of them strong at one time as to numbers ...
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... heart ; and more from these than anything else they quickly saw the form in which to testify their admiration . As a great General when prepared to invade an enemy's country keeps continually fixed in his mind's eye the key to his ...
... heart ; and more from these than anything else they quickly saw the form in which to testify their admiration . As a great General when prepared to invade an enemy's country keeps continually fixed in his mind's eye the key to his ...
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... hearts failed them . I bade them call us in case the lions came during the night , but we heard no more of them during our short stay . Matters have changed in more ways than one —but all in the same direction - since my last stay at ...
... hearts failed them . I bade them call us in case the lions came during the night , but we heard no more of them during our short stay . Matters have changed in more ways than one —but all in the same direction - since my last stay at ...
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