Nyassa: A Journal of Adventures Whilst Exploring Lake Nyassa, Central Africa, and Establishing the Settlement of "Livingstonia". |
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Page 49
... beautiful than the modest de- meanour of the woman or girl whom one meets on the pathway cannot be conceived . The first impulse is to kneel , and with downeast eyes -however great the curiosity to look upon the white man of whom all ...
... beautiful than the modest de- meanour of the woman or girl whom one meets on the pathway cannot be conceived . The first impulse is to kneel , and with downeast eyes -however great the curiosity to look upon the white man of whom all ...
Page 56
... beautiful waterfall of Patamanga was reached the next day , and here some of my men's feet began to fail them - and no wonder ! We had determined to carry one of the wooden boats with us ( as this task had been accomplished in ...
... beautiful waterfall of Patamanga was reached the next day , and here some of my men's feet began to fail them - and no wonder ! We had determined to carry one of the wooden boats with us ( as this task had been accomplished in ...
Page 66
... beautiful craft rode over the swell as the great blue waters of Nyassa received the first steam - vessel that had ever entered upon an African lake . It was a moment of great excite- ment and of great thankfulness . I , out of the ...
... beautiful craft rode over the swell as the great blue waters of Nyassa received the first steam - vessel that had ever entered upon an African lake . It was a moment of great excite- ment and of great thankfulness . I , out of the ...
Page 67
... beautiful bay with a sandy beach at Cape Maclear . Here we cut wood , securely sheltered from the pre- vailing S.E. wind , which blows stiffly at this season . Both at this spot , and wherever we had come across them , the natives were ...
... beautiful bay with a sandy beach at Cape Maclear . Here we cut wood , securely sheltered from the pre- vailing S.E. wind , which blows stiffly at this season . Both at this spot , and wherever we had come across them , the natives were ...
Page 96
... beautiful slopes of the mountains ; they seem to have one name in common , Pa- kanjala . A small river , the Lumesa , comes in here . I think I have not seen any spot so picturesque in all Africa as the Bay of Ma- deemba , our next ...
... beautiful slopes of the mountains ; they seem to have one name in common , Pa- kanjala . A small river , the Lumesa , comes in here . I think I have not seen any spot so picturesque in all Africa as the Bay of Ma- deemba , our next ...
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