Nyassa: A Journal of Adventures Whilst Exploring Lake Nyassa, Central Africa, and Establishing the Settlement of "Livingstonia". |
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... brought to bear - when every calcula- tion for time and distance has been made the shell does its appointed work . In this instance I have shown that the range was found that some years ago , and a battery opened , which PREFACE . xi.
... brought to bear - when every calcula- tion for time and distance has been made the shell does its appointed work . In this instance I have shown that the range was found that some years ago , and a battery opened , which PREFACE . xi.
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... brought about ? As a missionary , his first thought was , how could missionaries settle in these stricken dis- tricts ? If on the spot , how could they hope to gather listeners on such fields of slaughter as those he trod , amidst the ...
... brought about ? As a missionary , his first thought was , how could missionaries settle in these stricken dis- tricts ? If on the spot , how could they hope to gather listeners on such fields of slaughter as those he trod , amidst the ...
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... date 1868 : these , together with a similar packet brought to me a few days afterwards , I requested Captain Rasper to forward to the post- master at Cape Town upon his arrival . 66 One mishap only , if such it can be called 20 NYASSA .
... date 1868 : these , together with a similar packet brought to me a few days afterwards , I requested Captain Rasper to forward to the post- master at Cape Town upon his arrival . 66 One mishap only , if such it can be called 20 NYASSA .
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... brought back to Chibisa's , and there buried . It can hardly be wondered at if these men look on the Portuguese as their deadly enemies , or if they retaliate frightfully upon any one who ventures up the Shiré with their flag . From ...
... brought back to Chibisa's , and there buried . It can hardly be wondered at if these men look on the Portuguese as their deadly enemies , or if they retaliate frightfully upon any one who ventures up the Shiré with their flag . From ...
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... brought into use . · So far the reader will perceive that we had now got over the first difficulty . Matiti - I cannot call it our resting - place , for I particularly wished to avoid those fatal rests which give fever time to catch one ...
... brought into use . · So far the reader will perceive that we had now got over the first difficulty . Matiti - I cannot call it our resting - place , for I particularly wished to avoid those fatal rests which give fever time to catch one ...
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