Nyassa: A Journal of Adventures Whilst Exploring Lake Nyassa, Central Africa, and Establishing the Settlement of "Livingstonia". |
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Page 33
... Makololo . In any case , he was travelling down the Shiré , and had reached Malo -- an island at the mouth of the Ruo - in a very exhausted condition . It would seem that Belchioro , whom I have named before , had organised a plan for ...
... Makololo . In any case , he was travelling down the Shiré , and had reached Malo -- an island at the mouth of the Ruo - in a very exhausted condition . It would seem that Belchioro , whom I have named before , had organised a plan for ...
Page 34
... Makololo with success , and for this purpose he began the ascent of the Shiré with a powerful body of men , but the Makololo --not generally too united in purpose - instantly assembled available man , every and a desperate fight ensued ...
... Makololo with success , and for this purpose he began the ascent of the Shiré with a powerful body of men , but the Makololo --not generally too united in purpose - instantly assembled available man , every and a desperate fight ensued ...
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... Makololo tribe some distance above the Victoria 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 ...
... Makololo tribe some distance above the Victoria 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 ...
Page 39
... Makololo power and prestige in the interior . The account given of his death . was sad enough . It seems that the Portuguese rebel Bonga , hearing that the poor fellow was superintending the hewing - out of some canoes in the forest ...
... Makololo power and prestige in the interior . The account given of his death . was sad enough . It seems that the Portuguese rebel Bonga , hearing that the poor fellow was superintending the hewing - out of some canoes in the forest ...
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... Makololo ) in far better health . Formerly he was an inveterate smoker of hemp , and with the common result . If indulged in too much the brain becomes affected , and the violent excitement produced after each debauch conduces to ...
... Makololo ) in far better health . Formerly he was an inveterate smoker of hemp , and with the common result . If indulged in too much the brain becomes affected , and the violent excitement produced after each debauch conduces to ...
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