. Across Africa. Indigenous peoples -- Africa, Central; Plants -- Africa, Central; Africa, Central -- Description and travel. 442 ACROSS AFRICA. [Chai', March, King, arrived, and in her I took a passage for Liverpool. Our 1876. voyage home was long and tedious, owning to the number of ports at which we called, numbering nearly seventy. At every place we touched I was most warmly welcomed. At Loango, Dr. Loesche Pechel, of the German expedition, per- sisted in coming off to see me, although it was a perilous un- dertaking, causing him to be capsized six times in the surf. At the Gaboon, the Fre
. Across Africa. Indigenous peoples -- Africa, Central; Plants -- Africa, Central; Africa, Central -- Description and travel. 442 ACROSS AFRICA. [Chai', March, King, arrived, and in her I took a passage for Liverpool. Our 1876. voyage home was long and tedious, owning to the number of ports at which we called, numbering nearly seventy. At every place we touched I was most warmly welcomed. At Loango, Dr. Loesche Pechel, of the German expedition, per- sisted in coming off to see me, although it was a perilous un- dertaking, causing him to be capsized six times in the surf. At the Gaboon, the French authorities were most kind and courteous. Admiral Rebourt, commanding the South Atlantic squadron, was there in his flag-ship, and sent his barge to take me on board to breakfast with him, and his officers vied with each otlier in offering kindnesses of every SIERRA LEOi<E. At Lagos, where we staid thtee days, I was the guest of the lieutenant-governor, Caj)tain Cameron Lees, and, before leav- ing, had the good fortune to meet the commodore on board the Active. At Cape Coast I found Captain Strachan, , as govern- or, who, until we met, had no idea that I was the same Cameron whom he had known as a small midshipman on board the Vic- tor Emmamiel, when he was aid-de-camp to Sir Henry Storks at Corfu. Wliile I was at Sierra Leone the Encounter came in, and I had a joyful meeting with Captain Bradshaw, my old captain in the Star during the Abj'ssinian campaign. Again, at Madeira, 1 met the Channel squadron and many old. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cameron, Verney Lovett, 1844-1894; Oliver, Daniel, 1830-1916. New York : Harper & Bros.
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