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My first occupation was to map the country.

- John Hanning Speke
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In the following pages I have endeavoured to describe all that appeared to me most important and interesting among the events and the scenes that came under my notice during my sojourn in the interior of Africa.

So is the savage buffalo, especially delighting in dark places, where he can wallow in the mud and slake his thirst without much trouble; and here also we find the wild pig.

Each tribe has its characteristics, it is true.

Twins are usually hailed with delight, because they swell the power of the family, though in some instances they are put to death.

I profess accurately to describe native Africa - Africa in those places where it has not received the slightest impulse, whether for good or evil, from European civilisation.

The equatorial line is, in fact, the centre of atmospheric motion.

Cows, after leaving the low lands near the coast, are found to be plentiful everywhere, and to produce milk in small quantities, from which butter is made.

The lion is, however, rarely heard - much more seldom seen.

I was afterwards sorry for this, though, if I ever travel again, I shall trust to none but natives, as the climate of Africa is too trying to foreigners.

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My first occupation was to map the country.

My first occupation was to map the country.

My first occupation was to map the country.

My first occupation was to map the country.

My first occupation was to map the country.

My first occupation was to map the country.

My first occupation was to map the country.

My first occupation was to map the country.

My first occupation was to map the country.

My first occupation was to map the country.

My first occupation was to map the country.

My first occupation was to map the country.

My first occupation was to map the country.

My first occupation was to map the country.

My first occupation was to map the country.