The Story of Exploration and Adventure in AfricaHenry Altemus, 1896 - 264 sayfa |
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Abyssinia adventurous Africa African travelers Albert Nyanza Arabs arrived attacked August Bagamoyo Baker Banalya banks Barth boat Bodo Cameron camp canoes Captain caravan carried carriers chief Clapperton coast Congo continued death desert discovered discovery donkeys east Egyptian Emin Pasha England English Equatorial Province escort expedition explorer feet fever forest Gambia hippopotamus Ituri River ivory Jephson journey Kilonga-Longa King Lake Tanganyika Lake Tchad land Lieutenant Livingstone Lualaba Makololo Manyuema miles months Mountains Mtesa Mungo Park natives Niger Nyangwé Park party passed Portuguese proceeded reached rear column region Richard Lander rifles river route sailed says Stanley Sekeletu sent shore slave-trade slaves Sockatoo soon Soudan Soudanese Speke Speke and Grant Stairs Stanley's station steamer stream suffering Tete thence tion Tippoo Tib took traversed tribes Ugarrowwa Ujiji Unyanyembe Unyoro Victoria Nyanza village voyage Wadelai White Nile Yambuya Zambesi Zanzibar
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Sayfa 28 - I saw with infinite pleasure the great object of my mission; the long sought for, majestic Niger, glittering to the morning sun, as broad as the Thames at Westminster, and flowing slowly to the eastward. I hastened to the brink, and, having drank of the water, lifted up my fervent thanks in prayer, to the Great Ruler of all things, for having thus far crowned my endeavours with success.
Sayfa 158 - do you really think I can find Dr Livingstone? Do you mean me to go to Central Africa?
Sayfa 79 - There courtiers of high dignity stepped forward to greet me, dressed in the most scrupulously neat fashions. Men, women, bulls, dogs, and goats...
Sayfa 51 - British flag, and shall set sail to the east with the fixed resolution to discover the termination of the Niger or perish in the attempt.
Sayfa 167 - In him religion exhibits its loveliest features ; it governs his conduct not only towards his servants but towards the natives, the bigoted Mohammedans, and all who come in contact with him.
Sayfa 180 - They asked the lad how long he had slept ? Majwara said he could not tell, but he was sure that it was some considerable time : the men drew nearer. A candle stuck by its own wax to the top of the box, shed a light sufficient for them to see his form. Dr. Livingstone was kneeling by the side of his bed, his body stretched forward, his head buried in his hands upon the pillow. For a minute they watched him: he did not stir, there was no sign of breathing ; then one of them, Matthew, advanced softly...
Sayfa 178 - Knocked up quite, and remain — recover — sent to buy milch goats. We are on the banks of the Molilamo.
Sayfa 120 - The others tied and starved us, you cut the ropes and tell us to eat ; what sort of people are you ? — Where did you come from?
Sayfa 36 - I shall only observe that no event which took place during the journey, ever threw the smallest gloom over my mind, till I laid Mr. Anderson in the grave. I then felt myself, as if left a second time lonely and friendless amidst the wilds of Africa.
Sayfa 211 - ... or loops, sometimes massed and twisted together, also of a low, dense bush, occupying the sites of old clearings, which had to be carved through before a passage was possible. Where years had elapsed since the clearings had been abandoned we found a young forest, and the spaces between the trees choked with climbing plants, vegetable creepers, and tall plants. This kind had to be tunnelled through before an inch of...