A Visit to Stanley's Rearguard at Major Barttelot's Camp on the Aruhwimi: With an Account of the River-life on the Congo |
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... - Bwana Nzigé - Present state of Wana Rusari -Walk round the island - Possibility of passing Stanley Falls by means of locks - The Bakumu and Wenya - The CONTENTS . crocodile and hippo - Return of Jameson and xiv CONTENTS .
... - Bwana Nzigé - Present state of Wana Rusari -Walk round the island - Possibility of passing Stanley Falls by means of locks - The Bakumu and Wenya - The CONTENTS . crocodile and hippo - Return of Jameson and xiv CONTENTS .
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... PASSING ONE PALM POINT , MR HERBERT WARD , TWO PALM POINT , THE A.I.A. AGROUND ON A CROCODILE , MAJOR E. M. BARTTELOT , PLAN OF ARUHWIMI CAMP , KNIVES OF ARUHWIMI TRIBES , MR J. S. JAMESON , = ་ ་ 134 = 11 11 166 = " 1 188 = 197 208 11 ...
... PASSING ONE PALM POINT , MR HERBERT WARD , TWO PALM POINT , THE A.I.A. AGROUND ON A CROCODILE , MAJOR E. M. BARTTELOT , PLAN OF ARUHWIMI CAMP , KNIVES OF ARUHWIMI TRIBES , MR J. S. JAMESON , = ་ ་ 134 = 11 11 166 = " 1 188 = 197 208 11 ...
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... my plans . The circumstances which led to my going are as follows : - In the beginning of 1886 , happening to be at Antwerp - where I had passed some weeks , like Mr A Micawber , waiting for something to turn up , in.
... my plans . The circumstances which led to my going are as follows : - In the beginning of 1886 , happening to be at Antwerp - where I had passed some weeks , like Mr A Micawber , waiting for something to turn up , in.
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... passing out through the Bissagos islands by a more southerly channel than the one by which we had entered , were soon tossing about in a westerly gale which quickly disposed of the greater part of the passengers . After the steaming ...
... passing out through the Bissagos islands by a more southerly channel than the one by which we had entered , were soon tossing about in a westerly gale which quickly disposed of the greater part of the passengers . After the steaming ...
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... passed through another lake , Moero . Having ascertained this by personal observation , he learned from native report that , still flowing north- ward , it was joined by an important tributary , the Lualaba , by which name - according ...
... passed through another lake , Moero . Having ascertained this by personal observation , he learned from native report that , still flowing north- ward , it was joined by an important tributary , the Lualaba , by which name - according ...
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Africa Arabs arrived Aruhwimi ashore Author Baert Bakumu Banana Bangala bank Basoko began Belgian boat Bolobo Boma brought camp canoe Captain Coquilhat cartridges cataract chief cloth coast Congo Free Crown 8vo Deane Deane's Dhanis Emin Pasha engine English Engravings Europe Europeans expedition Fcap feet fever forest heard Henry Reed hills Houssas huge huts Illustrations Isangila island ivory Jameson Kerckhoven Lake latter leaving Léopold Léopoldville loads Lomami look Lukolela Major Barttelot Manyemas Matadi miles missionaries morning natives nearly Ngala night Nshassa Oubangi passed Post 8vo Professor railway reached river round Salim Samba Scotland Second Edition sent Shagerstrom slaves soon Stanley Falls Stanley Pool Stanley's steamed steamer tion Tippoo Tip Tippu Tip told took tribes turned University of Edinburgh Upoto Upper Congo village Vivi vols Ward whale-boat women wood Yambuya Zanzibaris
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