The Story Of Africa And Its Explorers The Last Of A Long Tale The Sahara The Missionaries The Hunters The International Explorers

Excerpt from The Story of Africa and Its Explorers, Vol. 3: The Last of a Long Tale; The Sahara; The Missionaries; The Hunters; The International Explorers Iemark a peculiar feature in the physical geography Of this part of Africa, River pecw namely, the dovetailing of the armies sources of rivers which, in the rest of their courses, run in Opposite directions. Thus, close to the source of the Kwito rise three other rivers, two of which flow into the Atlantic by the Kwanza, Of which they are tributaries, and one into the Indian Ocean through the Zambesi. The same feature is noticeable even beyond Lake Bemba (or Bangweolo), the Congo and Zambesi as well as their effluents having their sources and mingling their streams near to the twelfth parallel of south latitude. East of the river Kwito, the Kwando, which Livingstone calls the Chobe (vol. II., pp. 195, 199, etc), takes its rise. It forms a fine, large, navigable river, watering a great extent of inhabitable and fer tile country, and receives several afiiuents 'as navig able as itself and all destined in future years to be enlivened by barges, boats, and steamers: In this forest-covered region, where the elephant still abounds, we meet with the Mucassequeres, a tribe Of a yellowish - white colour. 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.