Narrative of an expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries; and of the discovery of the lakes Shirwa and Nyassa. 1858-1864 (1893) (14773289885)

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Title: Narrative of an expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries; and of the discovery of the lakes Shirwa and Nyassa. 1858-1864

Year: 1893 (1890s)

Authors: Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 Livingstone, Charles, 1821-1873, (from old catalog) joint author

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Publisher: New York, Harper & brothers

Contributing Library: The Library of Congress

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nd were unanimously of opinionthat the free natives would willingly cultivate large quanti-ties of cotton, could they find purchasers. They had in for-mer times exported largely both cotton and cloth to Manicaand even to Brazil. On their own soil, they declared, the natives are willing to labor and trade, provided onlythey can do so to advantage: when it is for their interest,blacks work very hard. We often remarked subsequentlythat this was the opinion of men of energy; and that allsettlers of activity, enterprise, and sober habits had becomerich, while those who were much addicted to lying on theirbacks smoking invariably complained of the laziness of thenegroes, and were poor, proud, and despicable. We dinedwith another very honorable Portuguese, Major Tito A.dA. Sicard, who quoted the common remark that Dr. Liv-ingstones discovery of the Kongone Bar had ruined Quilli-mane; for the government had proposed to abandon that fe-ver-haunted locality, and to found a new town at the mouth

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ISLAND OF PITA. 43 of the Kongone. It was not then known that householdersin the old village preferred to resign all offices rather thanremove. The major had a great desire to assist Dr. Living-stone in his enterprise; and said that when the war waspast he would at once take up his goods to Tette in canoes;and this he afterward most generously did. While return-ing to Nyaruka, we heard a bird like a nightingale pouringforth its sweet melody in the stillness of the evening. A picturesque range of lofty hills commences on the leftbank opposite Senna, and runs in a northerly direction, near-ly parallel with the river. Here we first fell in with thatfine antelope, the koodoo (Antelope strepsiceros). Some milesabove Senna is the island of Pita, with a considerable nativepopulation, which appeared to be well off for food. A half-caste, claiming to be the head man, came on board, and gaveus a few ears of green maize as a seguati. This is not anordinary present, but a very small gift, which i

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