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Africa afterward Alvez Arabs arrived askari Asmani attacked Bagamoyo Bailunda banks bark beads Benguela Bihé boat Bombay brought camp canoes caravan carried chief cloth coast corn cowries crossed cultivated deserted Dillon donkeys doti feet fever fire formed four fowls goats granite grass guns hair halt head head-man heard hills hippopotami hundred huts ibn Salim inhabitants ivory journey July Jumah jungle Kasongo Katanga Kawélé Kikonja Kingani Kongo lake leaving Livingstone loads look Lualaba Lukuga lying Malagarazi Manyuéma matama Mbumi mhongo miles Mirambo Mohammed morning mountains Mpwapwa Muinyi Murphy mutwalé natives night Nyangwé obtained pagazi party passed pombé rain reached rifle river road round Sambo sent side slaves soon stream Syde Tanganyika tent thing Tipo-tipo trade trees Ugara Ugogo Ujiji Unyanyembe Uvinza village Wagogo Wanyamwezi Warua women wood yards Zanzibar
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