Ewart Scott Grogan, Arthur H. Sharp
From the Cape to Cairo: The First Traverse of Africa from South to North
Published by Good Press, 2020
EAN 4064066097387
Table of Contents
THE CAPE TO BEIRA AND THE SABI.
THE PUNGWE AND GORONGOZA'S PLAIN.
BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA AND LAKE NYASSA.
KARONGA TO KITUTA ACROSS THE TANGANYIKA PLATEAU.
THE RUTCHURU VALLEY AND THE ALBERT EDWARD LAKE.
SEMLIKI VALLEY AND KAVALLI'S COUNTRY.
ALBERT LAKE AND UPPER NILE TO WADELAI.
KERO TO ABU-KUKA AND BACK TO BOHR.
THE TRANS-CONTINENTAL RAILWAY.
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CHAPTER I.
THE CAPE TO BEIRA AND THE SABI.
To describe the first stage of the route from the Cape to Cairo, that is to say, as far as the Zambesi, which I accomplished four years ago, would, if time be counted by progress, be reverting to the Middle Ages. The journey to Buluwayo, which meant four dismal days and three yet more dismal nights, in a most dismal train, whose engine occasionally went off on its own account to get a drink, and nine awful days and nine reckless nights