Nyassa: A Journal of Adventures Whilst Exploring Lake Nyassa, Central Africa, and Establishing the Settlement of "Livingstonia". |
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Page 35
... Viti in some things , the originally small tribe of the Makololo swelled its ranks in Sebituané's time by drafting in children of the surrounding tribes . The pur sang was as a drop in a vast flood of captives and aliens , and ...
... Viti in some things , the originally small tribe of the Makololo swelled its ranks in Sebituané's time by drafting in children of the surrounding tribes . The pur sang was as a drop in a vast flood of captives and aliens , and ...
Page 104
... , which are never absent , nearer or farther off , as we look inland . Three years ago all these lovely reaches were densely inhabited , but the Ma Viti fell upon the villages , and now only ruins are to be seen . Sad , indeed 104 NYASSA .
... , which are never absent , nearer or farther off , as we look inland . Three years ago all these lovely reaches were densely inhabited , but the Ma Viti fell upon the villages , and now only ruins are to be seen . Sad , indeed 104 NYASSA .
Page 106
... Viti raid have built their huts , prepared at any moment to take to their canoes on the approach of the dreaded enemy . On the morning of the 25th of November we renewed our search for fuel , but could only get a small quantity . After ...
... Viti raid have built their huts , prepared at any moment to take to their canoes on the approach of the dreaded enemy . On the morning of the 25th of November we renewed our search for fuel , but could only get a small quantity . After ...
Page 108
... on one platform . Here , as elsewhere , we were told that the Ma Viti spare none when they attack : the children are carried off , but men and women are massacred without mercy . Such wholesale slaughter alone could 108 NYASSA .
... on one platform . Here , as elsewhere , we were told that the Ma Viti spare none when they attack : the children are carried off , but men and women are massacred without mercy . Such wholesale slaughter alone could 108 NYASSA .
Page 115
... Viti running to and fro on the shore , the situation seemed about as critical as it well could be . This storm lasted over forty - eight hours , during which time we found it all we could do to hold our own at sea , with the wind foul ...
... Viti running to and fro on the shore , the situation seemed about as critical as it well could be . This storm lasted over forty - eight hours , during which time we found it all we could do to hold our own at sea , with the wind foul ...
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