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Title: Through the dark continent : or, The sources of the Nile around the great lakes of equatorial Africa and down the Livingstone River to the Atlantic Ocean
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Henry M. Stanley
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Publisher: George Newnes
Contributing Library: Gumberg Library, Duquesne University
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation
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Shields of Ituka People ...... 71. Monster Canoe .... ... 72. Paddle of the Aruwimi Cannibals ... 73. Knives, Eubunga ....... 74. Double Iron Bells op Urangi 75. The King of Chumbiei ....... 76. Great Pipe of King of Chumbiei. .... 77. One of the Kings Wives at Chumbiei . . 78. Son of the King of Chumbiei ..... 79. Over Eocky Point close to Gampas 80. Death of Kalulu ......... 81. The Xkenke Eivee entering the Livingstone below the Lady Alice Rapids . .... 82. The new canoes, the Livingstone and the Stanley 83. View from the Table-land near Mowa 84. In JIemoriam: Francis John Pocock .... 85. Fall of the Edwin Arnold Eiver into the Pocock Basin 86. The Chief Caepenter carried over Zinga Fall . 87. Camp at Kilolo 88. MriNDA Cemetehy . 89. At Eest : My Quarters at Kabinda by the Sea. (J^revi, j)ihotor/ra2)h) ....... 90 Expedition at Kauinda. (From a iihotogmxjh) PACE 1331461461531.56171178178178189194195196196198198 1981982042112142232262462472492512G32G5 273286292315319324337330 362363
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^ liiii;i:iiii!!!iSi!«iiiliiiiiiiii!i!!iiiii;iiiiiisii!>;iii THROUGH THE DARK CONTINENT. CHAPTER I. Ujiji, its scenery, residents, markets, and vicinity—Arab rivals—The circum-navigation of the Tanganika—Commander Cameron and the outflowingLukuga—The encroaching waters—The legend of the Lake—Evening. June.—The best view of Ujiji is to be obtained from theflat roof of one of the Arab tembes or houses. A photographwhich I took of the view north from my tembe, which frontedthe market-place, embraced the sc^uare and conical huts ofthe Wangwana, Wanyamwezi, and Arab slaves, the Guineapalms from the golden-coloured nuts of which the Wajijiobtain the palm-oil, the banana and plantain groves, withhere and there a graceful papaw-tree rising amongst them, and,beyond, the dark green woods which line the shore and arepreserved for shade l)y the fishermen. South of the market-place are the tembes of the Aralis,solid, spacious, flat-roofed structures, built of clay, with broad,coo
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