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 348
ere drawn taut ; as many barbed arrows seemed already on the wing ; thick, knotty clubs waved above our heads ; two hundred screaming black demons jostled with each other and struggled for room to vent their fury, or for an opportunity to deliver one crushing blow or thrust at us. In the meantime,… … should get no aid from my crew ; but, while bitterly blaming myself for my imprudence in having yielded — against my instincts — to placing myself in the power of such savages, I vowed that, if I escaped this once, my own judgment should guide my actions for the future. I assumed a resigned air,…
Africa -- Discovery and exploration · Africa -- Description and travel
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