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Title: Narrative of an expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries; and of the discovery of the lakes Shirwa and Nyassa. 1858-1864
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 Livingstone, Charles, 1821-1873, (from old catalog) joint author
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Publisher: New York, Harper & brothers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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si proper, or Cuama, and gives the portits value. When a native of the temperate North first lands in thetropics, his feelings and emotions resemble in some respectsthose which the First Man may have had on his entranceinto the Garden of Eden. He has set foot in a new world—another state of existence is before him; every thing he sees,every sound that falls upon the ear, has all the freshness andcharm of novelty. The trees and the plants are new, theflowers and the fruits, the beasts, the birds, and the insectsare curious and strange; the very sky itself is new, glowingwith colors, or sparkling with constellations, never seen innorthern climes. The Kongone is five miles east of the Milambe, or westernbranch, and seven miles west from East Luabo, which againis five miles from the Timbwe. We saw but few natives,and these, by escaping from their canoes into the mangrovethickets the moment they caught sight of us, gave unmistak-able indications that they had no very favorable opinion of
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PANDANUS OK SCREW PALM, COVERED WITH CLIMBING PLANTS, NEAR THEKONGONE CANAL OF THE ZAMBESI. Chap. I. SCENERY ON THE KONGONE. 21 white men. They were probably fugitives from Portu-guese slavery. In the grassy glades, buffaloes, warthogs,and three kinds of antelope were abundant, and the lattereasily obtained. A few hours hunting usually providedvenison enough for a score of men for several days. On proceeding up the Kongone branch it was found that,by keeping well in the bends, which the current had worndeep, shoals were easily avoided. The first twenty miles arestraight and deep; then a small and rather tortuous naturalcanal leads off to the right, and, after about five miles, dur-ing which the paddles almost touched the floating grass ofthe sides, ends in the broad Zambesi. The rest of the Kon-gone branch comes out of the main stream considerablyhigher up as the outgoing branch called Doto. The first twenty miles of the Kongone are inclosed inmangrove jungle; some of the trees are or

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