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Through the Kalahari Desert; a narrative of a journey with gun, camera, and note-book to Lake N'gami and back (1886)

Farini, G Antonio · London, S. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington · leaf 427

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Abiam Pool. and nine avocets, which were very acceptable, as our menu had not included fowl for some time. That night we arrived at K' Abiam Pool — -a large lake, in some places as much as eighteen feet deep, and with several large islands in it. No one is allowed to remain here more than a week… … K' ABIAM POOL. grass, and wild fowl in abundance. We remained here four days enjoying the beautiful clear water, and the cattle luxuriating in the grass, sama, and wild cucumbers, which existed in profusion. This being about the last place where we were likely to get sama, we gathered enough to…

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