. Roosevelt's African trip; the story of his life, the voyage from New York to Mombasa, and the route through the heart of Africa, including the big game and other ferocious animals, strange peoples and countries found in the course of his travels . s, now tumbling sheer downwardin great cataracts—the Ripon and Murchison Falls. Down this splen-did river—known as the Victoria Nile in this section—we shall jour-ney and gaze upon its varied and attractive scenes. The whole length of the Nile, from its lake course to its outletin the Mediterranean, is three thousand five hundred miles, and thosewh
. Roosevelt's African trip; the story of his life, the voyage from New York to Mombasa, and the route through the heart of Africa, including the big game and other ferocious animals, strange peoples and countries found in the course of his travels . s, now tumbling sheer downwardin great cataracts—the Ripon and Murchison Falls. Down this splen-did river—known as the Victoria Nile in this section—we shall jour-ney and gaze upon its varied and attractive scenes. The whole length of the Nile, from its lake course to its outletin the Mediterranean, is three thousand five hundred miles, and thosewho follow it to its termination have a long journey to make, part byfoot-paths past the rapids, part by canoe and steamboat on the stream,part by rail down its lower course, where for many miles now runsthe northern length of the Cape to Cairo Railway, a dream of CecilRhodes, which is now in process of being realized. The Great Victoria Lake is lifted high in the air, almost on amountain top, for it is higher than the highest mountain in this lofty elevation of nearly four thousand feet the Nile flowsever downward, now descending slowly, now rapidly, the steepest partof its course being that with which we are now
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