The new Africa : a journey up the Chobe and down the Okovanga rivers : a record of exploration and sport (1897)
Schulz, Aurel, Hammar, August, Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI · London : W. Heinemann · leaf 60
THE NEW AFRICA 36 rooted to a small island on the falls’ brink, forced into action by the air current from below, tosses its fan-shaped leaves as if in wild despair at the inevitable fate that soon must engulf it. Aloft, the soaring fish-eagle screams, with shrill, plaintive in¬ … SPECIMEN OF BAOBAB TREE, VICTORIA FALLS noticed a peculiar red gummy juice oozing from the saplings we cut to build the hut with. Later information we gathered concerning this juice is that it has a commercial value as a gum. Hammar and I, in uncontrollable desire, rushed off immedi¬ ately the hut…
Botswana -- Description and travel
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