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The Albert N'yanza : great basin of the Nile, and explorations of the Nile sources (1866)

Baker, Samuel White, Sir, 1821-1893, author · London : Macmillan and Co. · leaf 286

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240 - ADDAS PROPOSAL. ~ [CHAP. V. It was fortunate that Nature had thus stocked La- tooka with game. It was impossible to procure any other meat; and not only were the ducks and geese to us what the quails were to the Israelites in the desert, but they enabled me to make presents to the natives… … CRIMSON-HEADED SPOR-WINGED GOOSE. they gave me no credit for real good will, but they attributed my forbearance to weakness. On one oc- casion Adda, one of the chiefs, came to ask me to join him in attacking a village to procure molotes (iron hoes) ; he said, “ Come alone with me, bring your men…

Baker, Samuel White, Sir, 1821-1893 -- Travel -- Nile River Valley · Nile River Valley -- Discovery and exploration · Sudan -- Description and travel · Albert, Lake (Congo and Uganda) -- Description and travel

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