Journal Of The Discovery Of The Source Of The Nile

Map of The course of the river Cali, New antelope, Three buffalo charges in one day, Waganda war instruments, Implements, etc.. of the land of the Moon, Sirboko's slaves carrying fueld and cutting rice, Harvest in Wanyamwezi 1861...

Classic account of great explorer's second journey (1859-1860) to confirm Lake Victoria as source of the Nile. Exciting blend of adventure, exploration, geographic, ethnographic data. 70 illustrations. 2 maps.

Excerpt from Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile On the east coast, near Zanzibar, We find the rains fol lowing the track of the sun, and lasting not more than forty days on any part that the sun crosses whilst the winds blow from south - west or north-east, towards the regions heated by its vertical position. But in the centre of the continent, Within 5 of the equator, we find the rains much more lasting. For instance, at 5 south lati tude, for the whole Six months that the sun is in the south, rain continues to fall, and I have heard that the same takes place at 5 north; whilst on the equator, or rather a trifle to northward of it, it rains more or less the Whole year round, but most at the equinoxes, as Shown in the table on the following page. The winds, though some What less steady, are still very determinable. With an easterly tending, they deflect north and south, following the sun. In the drier season they blow so cold that the sun's heat is not distressing; and in consequence of this, and the average altitude of the plateau, which is 3000 feet, the general temperature Of the atmosphere is very pleasant, as I found from experience for I walked every inch of the journey dressed in thick woollen clothes, and slept every night between blanketsfi See climate for one year bordering oh the Victoria N'yanza, deduced from the observations of Captain Grant by Francis Galton, in' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.