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The curse of Central Africa (1903)

Burrows, Guy, Canisius, Edgar. Campaign amongst cannibals, Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI · London : R.A. Everett & Co. · leaf 167

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le in rear of the house. The sentries in the tower first opened fire, and their example was soon followed by some of the soldiers within. This, however, did not prevent the invading warriors wounding severely several women and boys whom they encountered. It being pitch-dark, the assailants could… … THE RAPIDS OF YAMBUYA, OPPOSITE STARVATION CAMP. kept it up, and a number of them who were lodged in a large rubber drying-shed at the back of the factory continued to fire into the darkness, bullets whistling in all directions. Meanwhile the three whites did not dare to open their doors lest the…

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