Nyassa: A Journal of Adventures Whilst Exploring Lake Nyassa, Central Africa, and Establishing the Settlement of "Livingstonia". |
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... steam - vessel over very great natural obstacles , up mountainous passes and through break - neck gorges . To attempt this latter feat was the main reason of my setting out once more for Africa , and it is with deep thank- fulness to ...
... steam - vessel over very great natural obstacles , up mountainous passes and through break - neck gorges . To attempt this latter feat was the main reason of my setting out once more for Africa , and it is with deep thank- fulness to ...
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... steam up , we left the Kongoné on the 7th of August ; and I was glad to find that little remained to be done in the way of making all trim for our voyage . Threading our way through the narrow channels of the Delta , we came in for some ...
... steam up , we left the Kongoné on the 7th of August ; and I was glad to find that little remained to be done in the way of making all trim for our voyage . Threading our way through the narrow channels of the Delta , we came in for some ...
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... steam on the 19th of August , hoping to reach the Shiré in a rapid run . But our troubles now came upon us thick and fast . The channel of the Zambesi was at its lowest , and the Ilala kept taking the ground perpetually . Weari- some ...
... steam on the 19th of August , hoping to reach the Shiré in a rapid run . But our troubles now came upon us thick and fast . The channel of the Zambesi was at its lowest , and the Ilala kept taking the ground perpetually . Weari- some ...
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... steam through the narrow space between them , for , if by any mishap a vessel should touch , she would instantly be swung round in one direction or the other according as the stream took her on one bow or the other , and then a probable ...
... steam through the narrow space between them , for , if by any mishap a vessel should touch , she would instantly be swung round in one direction or the other according as the stream took her on one bow or the other , and then a probable ...
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... steam . At first it seemed as if failure was to attend the experiment ; the engineers shook their heads , and another month of mosquitoes and misery , pending the arrival of the other boiler , flashed across But where more trained skill ...
... steam . At first it seemed as if failure was to attend the experiment ; the engineers shook their heads , and another month of mosquitoes and misery , pending the arrival of the other boiler , flashed across But where more trained skill ...
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