. The lake regions of central Africa. A record of modern discovery . ng and fuming flanks, was heard onlyas the swash of waves against a ships prow whendriven by a spanking breeze against a cross sea;while the cataract below lent its dull boom to swellthe chorus of angry waters. Many were the gaps made in the already thinnedranks of the expedition in struggling through thisfatal Valley of the-Shadow. In one day Stanleysaw three of his canoes with eleven of his men carriedover a cataract and disappear in the wild whirl ofwaters below. First a boat, in which was Kalulu,the explorers follower in
. The lake regions of central Africa. A record of modern discovery . ng and fuming flanks, was heard onlyas the swash of waves against a ships prow whendriven by a spanking breeze against a cross sea;while the cataract below lent its dull boom to swellthe chorus of angry waters. Many were the gaps made in the already thinnedranks of the expedition in struggling through thisfatal Valley of the-Shadow. In one day Stanleysaw three of his canoes with eleven of his men carriedover a cataract and disappear in the wild whirl ofwaters below. First a boat, in which was Kalulu,the explorers follower in two great expeditions, andthe hero of a tale of African adventure which he Wrote, was sucked within the power of the fall, andplunged sheer down into the abyss, from whichneither it nor its occupants were seen to had the horror-stricken onlookers turnedtheir eyes away from this calamity, when anothercanoe, with two men on board, was seen shootingswiftly i low 11 tin- centre stream towards what appearedcertain death. By almost a miracle, however, they. .-; •, :-
Size: 1669px × 1497px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, bookpublisherlondo, bookyear1881
