Africa and its exploration : as told by its explorers Mungo Park, Clapperton, the Landers, Livingstone, Barth, Barkie, Denham, Burton, Speke, Caillie, Schweinfurth, Mohr, Stanley, Holub, Serpa, Pinto, Farini, Thomson, Montagu Kerr ; with 600 illustrations and maps
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI · London : S. Low, Marston and Co. · leaf 249
AFRICAN EXPLORERS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. 183 yielded to the persuasions of his visitor, telling him that “ as his heart panted after the water, he might go to it.” The major had not, however, left Falaba two hours before the permission was rescinded, and he had to give up an enterprise which… … NATIVE WOMEN AT WORK IN THE FIELDS. was known before his time beyond Rokon. From the •summit of a lofty rock Laing saw Mount Loma, the highest of the chain of which it forms part. “ The point,” says the traveller, “ from which the Niger issues, was now shown to me, and appeared to be at the same…
Africa -- Discovery and exploration · Africa -- Description and travel
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