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A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone’s Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries

CHAPTER VII
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The Batoka, the only arboriculturists in the country, rear native fruit-trees alone--the mosibe, the motsikiri, the boma, and others.

When a tribe takes an interest in trees, it becomes more attached to the spot on which they are planted, and they prove one of the civilizing influences.
Where one Englishman goes, others are sure to follow.

Mr.Baldwin, a gentleman from Natal, succeeded in reaching the Falls guided by his pocket-compass alone.

On meeting the second subject of Her Majesty, who had ever beheld the greatest of African wonders, we found him a sort of prisoner at large.

He had called on Mashotlane to ferry him over to the north side of the river, and, when nearly over, he took a bath, by jumping in and swimming ashore.


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