Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries: And of the Discovery of the Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa. 1858-1864John Murray, 1865 - 608 páginas |
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abundant Africa Ajawa animals appear bank Banyai Batoka beast beer birds Bishop boat brought buffaloes called canoe-men canoes carried cataracts CHAP Chibisa's Chicova Chief cloth Coast cotton crocodiles elephants English Expedition Expedition Island Falls feet fever fire fish grass headman herd highlands hills hippopotamus island ivory journey Kebrabasa killed Kirk Kongone Kuruman labour Lake Nyassa land Linyanti live Livingstone maize Makololo Manganja Mazaro meal meat medicine miles Mission Missionaries morning Mosambique Mosi-oa-tunya mountains mouth muskets narrow natives nearly never night Nyanja party passed pelele poison Portuguese Quillimane river rocks round Rovuma seen Sekeletu Senna sent Sequasha Sesheke ship Shire Shire Valley shot Shupanga side slave-trade slaves soon spears steamer stream Tette told trade travellers trees tribes tusks valley Victoria Falls village waterbuck wild women wood yards Zambesi Zulus СНАР
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Página 406 - FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust ; in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life...
Página 247 - But the Victoria Falls have been formed by a crack right across the river, in the hard, black, basaltic rock which there formed the bed of the Zambesi. The lips of the crack are still quite sharp, save about three feet of the edge over which the river rolls.
Página 452 - Wherever we took a walk, human skeletons were seen in every direction, and it was painfully interesting to observe the different postures in which the poor wretches had breathed their last. A whole heap had been thrown down a slope behind a village, where the fugitives often crossed the river from the east; and in one hut of the same village no fewer than twenty drums had been collected, probably the; f erryman's-fees.
Página 5 - Europeans, setting an example of consistent moral conduct to all who may congregate around the settlement; treating the people with kindness, and relieving their wants; teaching them to make experiments in agriculture, explaining to them the more simple arts, imparting to them religious instruction, as far as they are capable of receiving it, and inculcating peace and...
Página 90 - ... thoroughly enjoyed their tour and the fine scenery through which it led them. This is so well known, and has been so often described, that it is not necessary to do much more than record the names of the places they visited. Leaving Elfenau on the 9th, they slept that night at Brienz, from whence next morning their pedestrian tour began. Passing by the BriinigPass and...
Página 452 - The sight of this desert, but eighteen months ago a well -peopled valley, now literally strewn with human bones, forced the conviction upon us that the destruction of human life in the middle passage, however great, constitutes but a small portion of the waste, and made us feel that unless the slave-trade — that monster iniquity which has so long brooded over Africa — is put down, lawful commerce cannot be established.
Página 353 - One little boy, with the simplicity of childhood, said to our men, " The others tied and starved us, you cut the ropes and tell us to eat; what sort of people are you ? Where did you come from ?" Two of the women had been shot the day before for attempting to untie the thongs. This, the rest were told, was to prevent them from attempting to escape.
Página 595 - The especial patrimony of the poor and the illiterate, the Gospel has been the stay of countless millions who never framed a syllogism. Of the great multitudes whom no man can number, who, before and since the birth of Grotius, have lived in the peace, and died in the consolations...