. Across Africa. Indigenous peoples -- Africa, Central; Plants -- Africa, Central; Africa, Central -- Description and travel. XVIII.] CAMPING AT A VILLAGE. 247 on the other side of the mountains, being precisely similar to those described by Dr. Schweinfurth in the Dinka country, and this breed also extends all through Manyuema and Urua. The sheep when well fed put on fat, and the caponized goats are particularly large and good. The she-goats are wonderfully prolific, constantly producing three at a birth. I have heard of instances in which five and six have been born at one time, and have w^i
. Across Africa. Indigenous peoples -- Africa, Central; Plants -- Africa, Central; Africa, Central -- Description and travel. XVIII.] CAMPING AT A VILLAGE. 247 on the other side of the mountains, being precisely similar to those described by Dr. Schweinfurth in the Dinka country, and this breed also extends all through Manyuema and Urua. The sheep when well fed put on fat, and the caponized goats are particularly large and good. The she-goats are wonderfully prolific, constantly producing three at a birth. I have heard of instances in which five and six have been born at one time, and have w^itnessed several cases of four at a birth. We soon came to a larger village, where we camped; and the people came in from the surrounding country to gaze at a June, OF white man, although they had seen Livingstone, who staid for some months with a neighboring chief, Moene Kussu. He had died, and had been succeeded by his sons, Moene Bugga and Moene Gohe. The latter visited us, and offered, on the part of himself and brother, all hospitality to a countryman of Living- stone, whose peaceful and unoffending progress through this land had tended to make an Englishman respected by the natives. We were delayed here by the illness of Muinyi Bokhari, one of the small traders of the caravan, who, thinking himself too poor to afford proper food, had actually been endeavoring to subsist on grass and earth. Consequently, and veiy naturally, something had gone wrong in his 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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