The Boy Travellers on the Congo: Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey with Henry M. Stanley "Through the Dark Continent" |
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ADVENTURES Africa animals appeared Arabs arrived asked Bagamoyo bananas beads boat Boma BOY TRAVELLERS camp canoes caravan cassava cataract Chaillu chief Chumbiri Cloth coast Congo Dark Continent distance Doctor Bronson drums Edward Pocock Emin Pasha expedition exploration feet fifty five followed forest four Frank Fred friends goats gorilla grass guns half head hour hundred yards huts inches Isangila island ivory journey Kachéché Kagehyi king Lady Alice Lake Tanganika Lake Victoria lion Livingstone Lualaba Manwa Manwa Sera Manyema Masai Land miles Mirambo Mombasa morning mountain Mpwapwa Mtesa Muini Mwana natives Nile Nyangwé Nyanza Pocock reached replied ridge right bank river road round Rumanika Safeni savage scene shore slaves soon spears Speke Stanley Falls Stanley Pool Stanley's stream thousand Tippu-Tib tribes Uganda Ujiji Uledi Unyamwezi Unyoro Uregga village Waganda Wangwana Wanyamwezi Wavuma wild woods young youths Zanzibar
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