Dr. Livingstone's 17 years' explorations and adventures in the wilds of Africa / ed. by John Hartley Coombs.

  • Coombs, John Hartley.
Date:
1857
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Credit: Dr. Livingstone's 17 years' explorations and adventures in the wilds of Africa / ed. by John Hartley Coombs. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    ences the pangs of starvation—Meets with some wanaering natives—Obtains a supply of broiled locusts—Eats them without grumbling—Arrives at a Bechuana village 96 CHAPTER XII. Dr. Livingstone^s reception at Motito—He studies the Bechu- ana language—Starts again on his travels—Ajrives at a magnificent forest—Remarkable birds' nests—He meets with some Bechuana cattle drivers—They tell him of a great lake in the interior—He arrives at the lovely vale of Bakatla—A comical monarch—Tobacco vs. preaching. 105 CHAPTER XIII. Blacksmithing among the Bakatlas—The Doctor starts for Bamangwato—A hard road to travel—Wild animals— Guinea fowls—How to cook them in the Bakatlas style— The bustard—Stupendous ant-hills—Singular instincts and astonishing performances of the white ants—Poison- ous mushrooms—Almost a fatal accident 112 CHAPTER XIV. A buffalo killed—Prodigious horns—Gluttony of the Bakat- las—Charming scenery—A settlement of baboons—They take offense at the Doctor and treat him with incivility—• A rhinoceros seen and wounded—Particular account of this animal—Several varieties of the species—Ferocity of the black rhinoceros—Its habits and peculiarities 118 CHAPTER XV. An eland killed—The Doctor lectures his guides on the sin of gluttony—Their able defense—A beautiful country— Jackalls and hyenas—Adventure with a wild boar—He is psychologized'^ by the Doctor—A wonderful fowl—Birds in abundance—Black-faced baboons—Slanders on Africa — The '* unexplored region a terrestrial paradise—A lion in the path—Consternation of the guides—Dr. Living- stone's heroism—His miraculous escape 126 CHAPTER XVI. Arrival at Booby—The Doctor is introduced to King Kachee —African kings opposed to exploration—Lahari desert—■ Terrible sufferings of the travelers—The Doctor compelled to drink blood—A herd of giraffes—Their magnificent appearance — Elephants — Prodigious tusks —Peculiari- ties and eccentricities of elephants—Their love of destruc- tion, &c 135