In Darkest Africa: Or, The Quest, Rescue and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria, Volume 2Chas. Scribner's Sons, 1890 |
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Africa Albert Edward ammunition Ankori April Arab arrived Awamba Bagamoyo Balegga Banalya bananas Bodo Bonny bush BUSH ANTELOPE camp canoes Captain Casati caravan carriers cattle chief Congo despatched Dufflé east Effendi Egypt Egyptians Emin Pasha Equatoria escort Expedition feet flows forest friends goats grass H. M. STANLEY halt heard Ituri River Jephson journey June Kabba Rega Karagwé Katwé Kavalli Kavalli's Khartoum Khedive Lake Albert Lake Victoria land leave letter loads Madis manioc Manyuema Mazamboni's miles Mohammed months morning mountain Mswa Mwanga natives Nile officers phrynia pigmies plain plantains poison promise reached rear column rifles Ruwenzori Selim Bey Semliki River sent shore Shukri Agha sick slopes snow soldiers Soudanese spears STANLEY station steamers Tippu-Tib trees tribes Tunguru Twin Cones Uganda Unyoro village Wadelai Waganda Wahuma Wakonju Wara-Sura Wasukuma wish Yambuya Zanzibaris
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Page 308 - Moon, which lies beyond the equator. Many sources come from this mountain, and unite in a great lake. From this lake comes the Nile, the greatest and most beautiful of the rivers of all the earth.
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