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Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile (Dover Books on Travel, Adventure)

Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile (Dover Books on Travel, Adventure)
By John Hanning Speke, James Grant

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER IV. Ugogo; And The Wilderness Of Mgunda Mkhall, The Lie of the Country. -- Rhinoceros-stalking. -- Scuffle of Villagers over a Carcass. -- Chief "Short-legs" and his Successor. -- Buffalo-shooting. -- Getting Lost. -- A Troublesome Sultan. -- Desertions from the Camp. -- Getting Plundered. -- Wilderness March. -- Diplomatic Relations with the Local Powers. -- ManGa Se'ra's Story. -- Christmas. -- The Belief from Kaze'. This day's work led us from the hilly Usagara range into the to cunp to the more level lands of the interior. Making a double Buh, 21

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #1960328 in Books
  • Published on: 1996-10
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 590 pages

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In this 1863 volume, Speke recounts how he discovered Lake Victoria in East Africa in 1858. The book is part natural history, part travelog, and part adventure tale.
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