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Through the Dark continent Volume 2 ; or, The sources of the Nile. around the great lakes of equatorial Africa and down the Livingstone river to the Atlantic ocean - Softcover
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 Excerpt: ...powerful. To go from the right bank to the left bank is like jumping from the frying-pan into the fire. As we row dowu amongst these islands, between the savage countries on either side of us, it may well be said that we are ' running the gauntlet.' "February 4.--We had a glimpse of numerous villages between the island gaps, but we pushed rapidly through, and at noon had attained to north latitude 1 45' 40". The general course of the river since noon yesterday has been north-north-west. "February 5.--At noon to-day we obtained by solar observation north latitude 1 51' 17". General course of the river was north-north-west. "February 6.--A little before we sought our camp amid the islands, the river for the first time deflected west. All this morning its course was from west half south to west by north. Our observations at noon showed we had not made quite a mile of northing, for our north latitude was 1 51' 59". The Livingstone is now from four to seven miles across from bank to bank. So far as we can see through a glass, the banks are very low, from 6 to 10 feet high, capped with woods. The islands are also densely wooded. "We have had in this extraordinary journey by river all the terrors as well as pleasures of river life. We now glide down narrow streams, between palmy and spicy islands, whose sweet fragrance and vernal colour causes us to forget at moments our dangerous life. We have before us the winding shores of islands crowned with eternal spring-life and verdure. Teak and cotton wood, the hyphene, borassus, wild date, and Guinea oil-palms, the tall serpent-like rattan, with its pretty, drooping feathery leaves; the bushy and fnany-rooted mangrove, the towering gum, the shea-butter tree, the Ficus EoUchyana, the br...
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- PublisherRarebooksclub.com
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1231183632
- ISBN 13 9781231183632
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages168
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