Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa by David Livingstone
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Enterprise--Ben Habib wishes to marry--A Maiden's Choice--
Sekeletu's Hospitality--Sulphureted Hydrogen and Malaria-- Conversations with Makololo--Their moral Character and Conduct--Sekeletu wishes to purchase a Sugar-mill, etc.--The Donkeys--Influence among the Natives--"Food fit for a Chief"-- Parting Words of Mamire--Motibe's Excuses. Chapter 26. Departure from Linyanti--A Thunder-storm--An Act of genuine Kindness--Fitted out a second time by the Makololo-- Sail down the Leeambye--Sekote's Kotla and human Skulls; his Grave adorned with Elephants' Tusks--Victoria Falls--Native Names--Columns of Vapor--Gigantic Crack--Wear of the Rocks-- Shrines of the Barimo--"The Pestle of the Gods"--Second Visit to the Falls--Island Garden--Store-house Island--Native Diviners--A European Diviner--Makololo Foray--Marauder to be fined--Mambari--Makololo wish to stop Mambari Slave-trading-- Part with Sekeletu--Night Traveling--River Lekone--Ancient fresh-water Lakes--Formation of Lake Ngami--Native Traditions-- Drainage of the Great Valley--Native Reports of the Country to the North--Maps--Moyara's Village--Savage Customs of the Batoka--A Chain of Trading Stations--Remedy against Tsetse-- "The Well of Joy"--First Traces of Trade with Europeans-- Knocking out the front Teeth--Facetious Explanation-- Degradation of the Batoka--Description of the Traveling Party-- Cross the Unguesi--Geological Formation--Ruins of a large Town--Productions of the Soil similar to those in Angola-- Abundance of Fruit. Chapter 27. Low Hills--Black Soldier-Ants; their Cannibalism-- The Plasterer and its Chloroform--White Ants; their |
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