William Cotton Oswell, hunter and explorer; the story of his life, with certain correspondence and extracts from the private journal of David Livingstone, hitherto unpublished; . 21° S. Lat. But subsequent consideration, andthe result of a communication from Mr. Livingstone,the enterprising Scotch Missionary in the Bechuanacountry, induced him to exhibit the direction of the riveras it now stands. This sketch, observes Mr. Oswell, is not supposedto be strictly accurate. We laid down the course of theriver Limpopo as correctly as we could from the tops ofthe hills, etc., with a compass, but hav
William Cotton Oswell, hunter and explorer; the story of his life, with certain correspondence and extracts from the private journal of David Livingstone, hitherto unpublished; . 21° S. Lat. But subsequent consideration, andthe result of a communication from Mr. Livingstone,the enterprising Scotch Missionary in the Bechuanacountry, induced him to exhibit the direction of the riveras it now stands. This sketch, observes Mr. Oswell, is not supposedto be strictly accurate. We laid down the course of theriver Limpopo as correctly as we could from the tops ofthe hills, etc., with a compass, but having no other in-strument, we are aware that many errors may have creptin, and only hope that others more carefully provided,may some day or other give the world a better. Thepresent will serve to show the wanderer where water maybe obtained at a distance from the river, and informationsuch as this even, is not to be despised in Africa. The lines dotted and plain mark the track of thewagons, but the country was well quartered on horsebackfor forty or fifty miles on either side. The Limpopo issupposed to reach the sea at, or somewhere a little to theNorth of, Delagoa
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