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| 11 | rum in Africa; {palavaring}[palavering]; Emin Pasha at |
| 14 | FORDING THE {CHUCHIBI}[CUCHIBI] 364 |
| 14 | BINKA CATTLE HERD {715}[515] |
| 25 | which the sun of civilization is, sooner {of}[or] later, |
| 25 | Europe has a need for African {acquition}[acquisition] and |
| 26 | which throw Europe in the {foregrond}[foreground]. |
| 27 | scientific and {philanthrophic}[philanthropic] enterprise |
| 29 | Great {Britian}[Britain] had possessed the Niger delta; |
| 29 | Ogowai, Muni, {Camaroom}[Camaroon], Oil, Niger, |
| 38 | The time consumed had been about five {mouths}[months] |
| 52 | rubber trees, tamarinds, {boabab}[baobab], bombax, |
| 52 | is a nabob after {}[the ]modern pattern |
| 53 | the sad expanse of {grossy}[grassy] plain, |
| 56 | was through the land of {}[the ]Nkuku, a trading people. |
| 68 | terrible fighters who {harrassed}[harassed] Stanley |
| 69 | Their bodies are cross-marked and {tatooed}[tattooed]. |
| 74 | They were averse to a journey up the{ the}[] Aruwimi, |
| 74 | described by {Scheinfurth}[Schweinfurth], |
| 78 | NIAM-NIAM {MINSTRAL}[MINSTREL]. |
| 81 | to show {consisent}[consistent] affection |
| 81 | which is the{ the}[] original of every native tongue |
| 81 | They always consult {augeries}[auguries] before going to war. |
| 83 | and the {maurauders}[marauders] had retreated |
| 83 | evidence that the {maurauders}[marauders] had managed |
| 94 | The {Mayuemas}[Manyuemas] are a fierce race; |
| 94 | This {gruesom}[gruesome] anecdote |
| 99 | imprisonment which {Stanly}[Stanley] had inflicted. |
| 100 | The natives were {peacable}[peaceable] and ready to trade, |
| 102 | and stopped off {}[at ]the town of that name, which |
| 106 | France, Great {Britian}[Britain], |
| 107 | Portugal on the {Alantic}[Atlantic] coast, |
| 107 | there are at present but few {ligitimate}[legitimate] traders |
| 108 | {Eurepean}[European] powers had been permitted to {sieze}[seize] |
| 108 | powers had been permitted to {sieze}[seize] all the coasts |
| 108 | geology, zoology, and {resourses}[resources], and many |
| 108 | formed under French auspices in { in}[] February 1887, |
| 111 | French, English, Portuguese, and {Belgium}[Belgian] capitalists |
| 116 | into public law, {while}[which] in its turn will remove many |
| 120 | and religious tolerations are expressly {guarteed}[guaranteed] |
| 123 | taxes to be {caclulated}[calculated] on the expenses |
| 123 | with any duties {fur}[for] harborage stoppages |
| 125 | {It}[If] the Consular agent considers |
| 126 | in accordance with the requirements {ments }[]of international |
| 128 | service of such {estabments}[establishments], shall be treated |
| 130 | expenses of construction, {maintainance}[maintenance] and |
| 130 | freedom of navigation {anunciated}[annunciated] in Articles |
| 154 | was reached and a plantain patch {bursts}[burst] into view |
| 155 | chiefs and Bonny were {callen}[called] to a council. |
| 165 | the {southermost}[southernmost] station in Emin’s boundaries. |
| 168 | the entire {equatoral}[equatorial] section of its European |
| 176 | arrival of Lieut. {Sairs}[Stairs], Selim, |
| 178 | objective being Zanzibar, on the {west}[east] coast of Africa. |
| 187 | The alphabet, if it was constructed in {Phenicia}[Phœnicia] |
| 188 | the Hebrew {ceremonical}[ceremonial] worship, |
| 188 | saved them from {absorbtion}[absorption] by the hardy tribes |
| 206 | his stone {sarcopagus}[sarcophagus] and its wooden cover, |
| 207 | red granite {sarcophugus}[sarcophagus] is there, |
| 209 | towering above the palm {treees}[trees]. |
| 209 | now in the Place de {}[la ]Concorde, Paris. |
| 213 | (1200 B.C. {}[to ]1133 B.C.) |
| 248 | But how {}[to ]make it? |
| 249 | He was left with a {compliment}[complement] of Baker’s small |
| 257 | if on {}[the ]Nile the first mariner tried his bark on water |
| 267 | resists the influences of {absorbtion}[absorption], evaporation |
| 267 | unhealthy spot can hardly {he}[be] imagined. |
| 271 | {menacled}[manacled] to their late enemies, are soon floating |
| 275 | is a small lake—Lake No.<Numeral omitted by publisher.> |
| 286 | and each house is fortified by a {stokade}[stockade]. |
| 289 | The beast does not give up {pursu}[pursuit] |
| 289 | to curse their goats or {whither}[wither] their flocks. |
| 290 | threatens to pour {lightening}[lightning], storm and rain |
| 292 | but a swarm of {babboons}[baboons] spy him |
| 292 | One of the {babboons}[baboons] was shot. |
| 308 | Before reaching the {northermost}[northernmost] point of the lake |
| 310 | language of the Uganda. “Mena<The word Mena is obscured.>” means |
| 318 | the Ten Commandments for daily {persual}[perusal] |
| 325 | contributes more water {then}[than] flows out of the lake |
| 335 | on the Chobe, or {Cuaudo}[Cuando] River, |
| 338 | are universally {acknowleged}[acknowledged]. |
| 356 | flinging them into the {the }[]river above the rapids. |
| 359 | beneath a giant baobab tree {reposes}[repose] |
| 367 | of Ujiji, the {rendevouz}[rendezvous] of all expeditions, |
| 377 | they practised {canibalism}[cannibalism], but could |
| 372 | <Caption has added words: TOP, LEFT, RIGHT, BOTTOM.> |
| 401 | Uledi, the {coxwain}[coxswain] of the “Lady Alice,” |
| 403 | By {Feburary}[February] 8, Rubanga, |
| 408 | natives, who {has}[had] picked him up |
| 410 | Uledi swam to him, {siezed}[seized] him, |
| 412 | Poor Safeni, {coxwain}[coxswain] of the “Lady Alice,” |
| 414 | Uledi the {coxwain}[coxswain], manned a lighter |
| 416 | and at length {tyranical}[tyrannical]. |
| 417 | where they are sorted, {seived}[sieved], and closely examined |
| 431 | one of the {principle}[principal] scenes |
| 436 | He trumpeted, staggered {foward}[forward], tripped |
| 436 | and there receiving {other}[another] two shots, |
| 451 | and the {Ethiopions}[Ethiopians] or Abyssinians |
| 453 | Bari of {Goudokoro}[Gondokoro] and the Waganda |
| 466 | palm-nut, rubber, {gum-opal}[gum-copal], orchilla, |
| 466 | crossing the {Epuator}[Equator] twice. |
| 467 | It is {densly}[densely] peopled and some of the |
| 468 | In many places it {constitues}[constitutes] the entire |
| 468 | is the {india}[India] rubber plant. |
| 473 | areas of the {maufacturing}[manufacturing] world. |
| 475 | classify them as an {indispensible}[indispensable] resource, |
| 478 | and {supplimenting}[supplementing] them with camels, |
| 480 | whose older right has been forfeited by {non-user}[non-use]. |
| 483 | strong {servicable}[serviceable] cotton cloth. |
| 485 | frequently sank to 64° {degrees }[]at night |
| 500 | set eyes on Lake {Baugweola}[Bangweola]. |
| 500 | weaving their {cotten}[cotton] or knitting |
| 501 | run clear even when {swoolen}[swollen]. |
| 503 | from Bangweola to {Casembe}[Cassembe] gave him |
| 508 | but often gets {disembowled}[disemboweled] in the attempt. |
| 511 | The {Manyuama}[Manyuema] on the left bank of the Lualaba, |
| 525 | the enterprising {merchantile}[mercantile] factor |
| 525 | to instil {}[in ]the dull mindless tribes the sacred germs |
| 527 | to the {wierd}[weird] adventures and sad fates of the school of |
| 527 | fair and {pernament}[permanent] participants, |
| 528 | {throughont}[throughout] the same extent, and Hamburg |
| 530 | now from the Nile, with its impenetrable {suds}[sudds], |
| 531 | {Moveover}[Moreover], it was one to which all could |
| 534 | the {the }[]graceful zebra occupied the foreground |
| 536 | surrounded by a comfortable {dwellings}[dwelling], |
| 538 | dreams of glory, wealth and {humantarian}[humanitarian] good. |
| 539 | liver shows a deadly {abcess}[abscess] |
| 539 | Then why did it not {effect}[affect] all alike? |
| 543 | sending them to a {sanatarium}[sanitarium] in the pine-woods |
| 544 | Yet there must be {engagment}[engagement] of body and mind, |
| 547 | such an article becomes an {indispensible}[indispensable] luxury |
| 554 | propagandist of a {a }[]faith, warrior for the sake |
| 554 | he had adaptation {superier}[superior] to that |
| 555 | commercial and {Christain}[Christian] England afterwards |
| 562 | the {Portugese}[Portuguese] have built a short railroad |
| 565 | and the church itself was well {equiped}[equipped] |
| 565 | Its {fomula}[formula] was calculated to impress |
| 566 | both church and state {contenanced}[countenanced] the crime |
| 566 | might have been easily {forseen}[foreseen]. |
| 566 | entire western and {on}[on a] great part of |
| 568 | the return of his dead {boby}[body] to Zanzibar, |
| 571 | felt the power of that {consecreted}[consecrated] life, |
| 578 | A band is forming in {Ayershire}[Ayrshire], Scotland, |
| 579 | {Mohammedianism}[Mohammedanism] and paganism of the negroes |
| 584 | singing hymns of {deliverence}[deliverance]. |
| 593 | directors of the {the }[]society were greatly perplexed, |
| 595 | COOMASSIE THE {CAPITOL}[CAPITAL] OF ASHANTI. |
| 607 | {Ferdando}[Fernando] Po is one of the most important islands |
| 608 | On the mainland opposite {Fenando}[Fernando] Po, |
| 615 | Mr. {Edgerley}[Edgerly] had told his tale, |
| 631 | The natives themselves {becomes}[become] in many cases messengers |
| 633 | They were {Revolutinary}[Revolutionary] patriots |
| 635 | he entered the {Brazillian}[Brazilian] country, |
| 650 | Robert {Shield}[Shields], a young missionary |
| 655 | writes that {}[the ]station has been nearly self-sustaining |
| 661 | leaving one {Kabindas}[Kabinda] with Dr. Summers |
| 663 | proceed with their big load to {Nhanguepeppo}[Nhanguepepo]. |
| 663 | many of whom {}[were ]from a distance of five |
| 674 | years of experience in {Massachusettes}[Massachusetts], |
| 676 | built for their {accomodation}[accommodation]. |
| 677 | much more rapidly and {acurately}[accurately] |
| 678 | almost as {dextrously}[dexterously] as I used to see |
| 678 | Some of them were greatly {interterested}[interested], |
| 685 | fitting up for school and chapel purposes {}[of ]the unfinished |
| 686 | bears from the {vernanda}[veranda] facing the street, |
| 686 | the brethren {perferring}[preferring] to do it themselves |
| 692 | We bought the {sight}[site] of the old capital, |
| 715 | {MOFFIT’S}[MOFFAT’S] COURAGE. |
| 722 | The {survivors}[survivor], Mr. Mackay, after being held |
| 725 | such of his own subjects {}[who ]opposed the missionaries |
| 735 | we reached a little {villiage}[village] in the forest |
| 741 | (Capt. {Coquilhart}[Coquilhat] says about twelve years old.) |
| 741 | crocodile seize his mother and drag her out {}[of ]the canoe. |
| 750 | new field for the {talant}[talent] and zeal of women. |
| 762 | pantomimic charges upon an {imaginery}[imaginary] enemy, |
| 764 | The {exhiliarating}[exhilarating] and ostentatious ceremony |
| 769 | (thirty to fifty cents) for one {foul}[fowl]. |
| 784 | But Great {Britian}[Britain] is not alone |
| 788 | Our delegation was {hostipably}[hospitably] entertained |
| 789 | narrow lanes of {dracoena}[dracæna] hedges |
| 790 | many {wonderous}[wondrous] things from Europe, |
| 798 | greater {psycological}[psychological] than of historic |
| 800 | devotion to doubtful duty, that statesmen {muss}[must] rely. |