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(without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.
1877 Excerpt: ...holes, jump through into the baskets ready for
their reception. The flsherwomen seemed to think it great fun, and
July, enjoyed themselves immensely, shrieking, screaming, and
laugh1874. ing t-he whole while. Leaving the banks of the Luama, we
forded an affluent--the Lulwu, thirty yards in width and four feet
in depth--and, marching two miles farther, reached the bend of the
Luama, where we had arranged to cross it. Canoes were here in
readiness; but as there were only tbree, the work of getting the
caravan over occupied some time, for the river was fully a hundred
yards in width and eight to ten feet deep in the middle, and had
steep banks. While we were thus engaged, at 9h. 10m. local mean
time, there was a slight shock of earthquake; a low, rumbling sound
and a faint though distinctly perceptible tremor of the ground
passing from east-north-east to west-south-west. A large number of
hippopotami were blowing in mid-stream, on our reaching the river,
so I occupied myself by firing at them. One, getting a bullet and
shell in his head in rapid succession, sunk, and the rest cleared
out, which was a very desirable result, since they often hog up
underneath a canoe in deep water, and heave it right out, capsizing
all the occupants. The canoes bore marks of the tusks of these
brutes, which look upon them as intruders, and often attack them
wantonly. By the time the caravan had been ferried over, the sun
was very powerful, and it was too late to proceed farther; so we
camped in a small scattered village about a mile from the river.
Although they afterward became common, I here saw for the first
time large platforms, on which were stored huge bundles of grass
ready for thatching the huts on the approach of the rainy season.
The two centre-poles of the platform, w...
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