The Albert N'yanza: Great Basin of the Nile, and Explorations of the Nile Sources, Band 2Macmillan, 1867 - 384 Seiten |
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Africa Albert lake ammunition angarep appeared arrived Asua Atāda attack Bacheeta bank beads BLACK RHINOCEROS boatmen boats boy Saat camp canoe captured carried cattle CHAP chief Chopi cliffs crowd dead Debono's deserted distance Eddrees elephants enemy feet fever fire flag following morning Foweera Fowooka Gondokoro guns headman heard high grass hippopotami hour Ibrahim immediately island ivory journey jungle Kalloé Kamrasi Kamrasi's country Karuma Falls Khartoum killed king Kisoona Kookoo Lira M'Gambi M'rooli M'was Madi Magungo Mahommed maroua miles mountains N'yanza night Obbo ordered oxen party passed path plantains porters present procure rain razzia received reeds replied Richarn rifle Rionga river rocks route rushed savage sent Shooa shore shot side slaves Somerset Speke Speke and Grant spot started stream supply told tree tribes Turks tusks Uganda Unyoro vakeel Victoria Nile village Wat-el-Mek Werdella White Nile wife women yards
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Seite 200 - What are these, So wither'd, and so wild in their attire ; That look not like the inhabitants o' the earth, And yet are on't ? Live you ? or are you aught That man may question ? You seem to understand me, By each at once her choppy finger laying Upon her skinny lips. — You should be women, And yet your beards forbid me to interpret That you are so.
Seite 200 - Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake ; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog...
Seite 91 - ... to rest every twenty paces. After a toilsome descent of about two hours, weak with years of fever, but for the moment strengthened by success, we gained the level plain below the cliff. A walk of about a mile through flat sandy meadows of fine turf interspersed with trees and bush, brought us to the water's edge. The waves were rolling upon a white pebbly beach : I rushed into the lake, and thirsty with heat and fatigue, with a heart full of gratitude, I drank deeply from the Sources of the Nile.
Seite 90 - English style in honor of the discovery , but now that I looked down upon the great inland sea lying nestled in the very heart of Africa, and thought how vainly mankind had sought these sources throughout so many ages, and reflected that I had been the humble instrument permitted to unravel this portion of the great mystery, when so many greater than I had failed, I felt too serious to vent my feelings in vain cheers for victory, and 1 sincerely thanked God for having guided and supported us through...
Seite 83 - ... for two nights without a moment's sleep, I felt no fatigue, but mechanically followed by the side of the litter as though in a dream. The same wild country diversified with marsh and forest. Again we halted. The night came, and I sat by her side in a miserable hut, with the feeble lamp flickering while she lay, as in death. She had never moved a muscle since she fell. My people slept. I was alone, and no sound broke the stillness of the night. The ears ached at the utter silence, till the sudden...
Seite 97 - It was with extreme emotion that I enjoyed this glorious scene. My wife, who had followed me so devotedly, stood by my side pale and exhausted — a wreck upon the shores of the great Albert Lake that we had so long striven to reach. No European foot had ever trod upon its sand, nor had the eyes of a white man ever scanned its vast expanse of water.
Seite 89 - The day broke beautifully clear, and having crossed a deep valley between the hills, we toiled up the opposite slope. I hurried to the summit. The glory of our prize burst suddenly upon me! There, like a sea of quicksilver, lay far beneath the grand expanse of water — a boundless sea horizon on the south and south-west, glittering in the noonday sun; and in the west, at fifty or sixty miles...
Seite 89 - I had hoped, and prayed, and striven through all kinds of difficulties, in sickness, starvation, and fatigue, to reach that hidden source; and when it had appeared impossible, we had both determined to die upon the road rather than return defeated. Was it possible that it was so near, and that to-morrow we could say, " the work is accomplished
Seite 89 - ... distance, blue mountains rose from the bosom of the lake to a height of about 7,000 feet above its level. It is impossible to describe the triumph of that moment ; — here was the reward for all our labour — for the years of tenacity with which we had toiled through Africa. England had won the sources of the Nile! Long before I reached this spot, I had arranged to give three cheers with all our men in English style in honour of the discovery, but now that I looked down upon the great inland...
Seite 97 - My wife, who had followed me so devotedly, stood by my side pale and exhausted — a wreck upon the shores of the great Albert Lake that we had so long striven to reach. No European foot had ever trod upon its sand, nor had the eyes of a white man ever scanned its vast expanse of water. We were the first ; and this was the key to the great secret that even Julius Caesar yearned to unravel, but in vain. Here was the great basin of the Nile that received every drop of water, even from the passing shower...