Nyassa: A Journal of Adventures Whilst Exploring Lake Nyassa, Central Africa, and Establishing the Settlement of "Livingstonia". |
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... wood , build sheds , and make all ready for laying down the keel of the Ilala , at one yard of calico per diem for wages . Nothing could exceed the kindness of Captain Felix Rasper at this time . Not only were all the appliances of the ...
... wood , build sheds , and make all ready for laying down the keel of the Ilala , at one yard of calico per diem for wages . Nothing could exceed the kindness of Captain Felix Rasper at this time . Not only were all the appliances of the ...
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... wood , we got up 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 ...
... wood , we got up 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 ...
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... wood fit for fuel can be found . Before quitting the Ruo I gained many particulars respecting the assassination of Mr. Henry Faulkner ( late 17th Lancers ) , some years before . It appears that , after having collected much ivory in the ...
... wood fit for fuel can be found . Before quitting the Ruo I gained many particulars respecting the assassination of Mr. Henry Faulkner ( late 17th Lancers ) , some years before . It appears that , after having collected much ivory in the ...
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... wooden boats with us ( as this task had been accomplished in Livingstone's time ) , but it was very difficult work , from the continuous turns and twists in the road . I shot some hippopotami to - day , which the natives afterwards ...
... wooden boats with us ( as this task had been accomplished in Livingstone's time ) , but it was very difficult work , from the continuous turns and twists in the road . I shot some hippopotami to - day , which the natives afterwards ...
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... 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 exceed- ingly civil , but of course astonished beyond measure ...
... 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 exceed- ingly civil , but of course astonished beyond measure ...
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Ajawa amongst anchor anxious Arabs arrived beautiful BISHOP boat brought Cabinet Edition calico canoes CANON Cape Maclear Cataracts Chibisa's chief Church Church of Scotland coast Crown 8vo dhow East Africa England English Fcap fever gale glad Grammar hand head heart hippopotamus History Ilala island journey Kirk Kongoné LADY Lake Nyassa land Living Livingstone LORD M'Ponda Ma Viti Makanjira Makololo Manganja Map and Illustrations Mataka's Matiti Mazaro Medium 8vo Memoir miles Mission missionary mosquitoes mountains natives night occasion once party passed Plates poor Portuguese Post 8vo Quillimane Ramakukan reached river seemed Senhor sent settlement Shiré Shiré Valley shore slave-trade slaves spot steam steamer Stewart Student's Tette things tions told trade Translated Travels trees tribes vessel village Viti Vols voyage Walmer Castle whilst wind wood Woodcuts Zambesi Zanzibar
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