[The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 by David Livingstone]@TWC D-Link bookThe Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 CHAPTER I 55/55
Mohamad's Tembe fell.
It had been begun on an unlucky day, the 26th of the moon; and on another occasion on the same day, he had fifty slaves swept away by a sudden flood of a dry river in the Obena country: they are great observers of lucky and unlucky days. FOOTNOTES: [1] On showing Chuma and Susi some immense Cochin-China fowls at a poultry show, they said that they were not larger than those which they saw when with Dr.Livingstone on these islands.
Muscovy ducks abound throughout Central Africa .-- ED. [2] The natural dress of the Malagash. [3] The same as Unyanyembe, the half-way settlement on the great caravan road from the coast to the interior. [4] These letters must have been destroyed purposely by the Arabs, for they never arrived at Zanzibar .-- ED. [5] It is curious that this name occurs amongst the Zulu tribes south of the Zambesi, and, as it has no vowel at the end, appears to be of altogether foreign origin .-- ED. [6] In 1859..
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