Nyassa: A Journal of Adventures Whilst Exploring Lake Nyassa, Central Africa, and Establishing the Settlement of "Livingstonia". |
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... fall harm- lessly enough - buried in the earth for want of due care . To make it burst at the right moment and right place is a matter of careful " timing " of fuses and skilled manipulation . In both cases the same powder is burnt in ...
... fall harm- lessly enough - buried in the earth for want of due care . To make it burst at the right moment and right place is a matter of careful " timing " of fuses and skilled manipulation . In both cases the same powder is burnt in ...
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... fall back upon , and the ready and willing co- operation of some of my former companions on the Shiré , we were able to get through a great deal of outfitting work in a short time . I shall always remember with gratitude the exceed- ing ...
... fall back upon , and the ready and willing co- operation of some of my former companions on the Shiré , we were able to get through a great deal of outfitting work in a short time . I shall always remember with gratitude the exceed- ing ...
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... fall is in Novem- ber . This necessitated severe work for raw recruits , and one night , hard and fast on a sandbank , was a very tolerable initiation to the difficulties which beset these river voyages in Africa . But a worse disaster ...
... fall is in Novem- ber . This necessitated severe work for raw recruits , and one night , hard and fast on a sandbank , was a very tolerable initiation to the difficulties which beset these river voyages in Africa . But a worse disaster ...
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... word of explanation may not be out of place con- cerning them . When Dr. Livingstone visited Sekelétu , the successor of Sebituané , in 1859 , he found the Makololo tribe some distance above the Victoria Falls of the 34 NYASSA .
... word of explanation may not be out of place con- cerning them . When Dr. Livingstone visited Sekelétu , the successor of Sebituané , in 1859 , he found the Makololo tribe some distance above the Victoria Falls of the 34 NYASSA .
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... Falls of the Zambesi . Sekelétu was anxious that some of his men should accompany the members of the expedition to the East Coast of Africa , for he suffered from leprosy , and wished for medicine which it was not possible for Dr ...
... Falls of the Zambesi . Sekelétu was anxious that some of his men should accompany the members of the expedition to the East Coast of Africa , for he suffered from leprosy , and wished for medicine which it was not possible for Dr ...
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