. Through the dark continent : or, The sources of the Nile around the great lakes of equatorial Africa and down the Livingstone River to the Atlantic Ocean. THK high places OF THE SPIRIT MTOMBWA : VIEW of MTOMBWA UKUNUU. [To face page 28. 1876.] THE ABODE OF THE SPIRITS OF THE STOllM. 29 the cliffy heights risiug in terraces one above another; eachterrace-ledge is marked by a thin line of scrubby Kateye, the grey front of the paternal Kapem])walooms up with an extraordinary height and massivegrandeur. From KapemT)vva to Polombwe Cape the plateau mergesin a cliff-crowned wall 1500 f
. Through the dark continent : or, The sources of the Nile around the great lakes of equatorial Africa and down the Livingstone River to the Atlantic Ocean. THK high places OF THE SPIRIT MTOMBWA : VIEW of MTOMBWA UKUNUU. [To face page 28. 1876.] THE ABODE OF THE SPIRITS OF THE STOllM. 29 the cliffy heights risiug in terraces one above another; eachterrace-ledge is marked by a thin line of scrubby Kateye, the grey front of the paternal Kapem])walooms up with an extraordinary height and massivegrandeur. From KapemT)vva to Polombwe Cape the plateau mergesin a cliff-crowned wall 1500 feet above the lake. The cliffitself is probably 200 feet high, rising above a slope bristlingwith great rocks half hidden by the verdure of trees, bush,and grass. Yet the natives cultivate some part, and theirfields were seen far up the steep ascending slopes.
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