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. 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- ...
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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. 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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Very Good. 1877. Hardcover. 2 volumes, 8vo, original half calf, marble boards endpapers and edges Includes half title to both volumes, Frontispiece for each volume and 31 plates, a folding map and 123 woodcuts. Some foxing to title page and frontispieces in both volumes. New labels. Verney Lovett Cameron was born at Radipole near Weynouth, Dorset. he entered the Royal navy in 1857, served in the Abyssinnian campaign of 1868, and was employed for a considerable time in the suppression of the East African Slave Trade. The ezperience thus led to his being selected to command an expedition sent by the Royal Geographical Society in 1873, to assist Dr. Livingstone. His travels, which were published in 1877, contain valuable suggestions for the opening up of the continent, including the utilization of the great lakes as a Cape to Cairo Road connection. In recognition of his work, he was promoted to the rank of Commander. The first edition of this important account of the Livingstone Relief Expedition of 1873-75 was sponsored by the Royal Geographical Society. After receiiving word that Livingstone was dead in October 1873 shortly after his arrival in Africa, Cameron decided to continue his exploration. On his return to England, Cameron was received with much acclamation......We ship daily from our warehouse.
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Good. No Jacket. 2 vols, original pictorial blue cloth gilt, xvi + 389 + 5 and xii + 366 + 8, with numerous woodcuts (29 full page) and facsimiles. Recased with new end-papers. Ex-library, no stamps. lacks frontispiece and map in rear pocket All plates present. Some rippling to spines and the margins of approx. 60 pages in vol. 1 have been repaired because of previous biodepradation (i.e. rodent nibbling)-text unaffected. Cameron discovered the fate of Livingstone, after being sent to investigate whether he might need further assistance after Stanley's succesful journey the previous year. He met Susi and Chuma, Livingstone's servants with the body of their master and having arrived at Livingstone's old camp, decided to continue westward. He made a complete survey of Lake Tanganyika and from there travelled south to Catumbela in Angola, on the Atlantic coast, becoming the first European to cross Africa from east to west. First Edition. PRICE REDUCED BY 50%. CB20.
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Very Good. 2 vols, original pictorial blue cloth gilt, xvi + 389 + [v] and xii + 366 + 8, with numerous woodcuts (29 full page) and facsimiles. Map in rear pocket & all plates present. Ex-library, stickers removed, no stamps. Very lightly bumped, some sl. to boards of Vol 2, generally a very nice set. Cameron discovered the fate of Livingstone, after being sent to investigate whether he might need further assistance after Stanley's succesful journey the previous year. He met Susi and Chuma, Livingstone's servants with the body of their master and having arrived at Livingstone's old camp, decided to continue westward. He made a complete survey of Lake Tanganyika and from there travelled south to Catumbela in Angola, on the Atlantic coast, becoming the first European to cross Africa from east to west.
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