Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa

David Livingstone

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David Livingstone's own account of sixteen years in South and Central Africa — his mission at Kolobeng, the journeys to Lake Ngami, Loanda on the Atlantic and down the Zambezi to the Indian Ocean, and his observations of the peoples and the slave trade.

Chapters 37
  1. Preface ≈ 49 min
  2. Personal Sketch ≈ 24 min
  3. The Bakwain Country ≈ 65 min
  4. The Boers ≈ 76 min
  5. Departure from Kolobeng, 1st June, 1849 ≈ 67 min
  6. Leave Kolobeng again for the Country of Sebituane ≈ 66 min
  7. Start in June, 1852, on the last and longest Journey from Cape Town ≈ 51 min
  8. Kuruman ≈ 78 min
  9. Departure from the Country of the Bakwains ≈ 76 min
  10. Effects of Missionary Efforts ≈ 69 min
  11. Reception at Linyanti ≈ 53 min
  12. The Fever ≈ 27 min
  13. Departure from Linyanti for Sesheke ≈ 25 min
  14. Procure Canoes and ascend the Leeambye ≈ 52 min
  15. Preliminary Arrangements for the Journey ≈ 50 min
  16. Increasing Beauty of the Country ≈ 61 min
  17. Message to Masiko, the Barotse Chief, regarding the Captives ≈ 58 min
  18. Nyamoana's Present ≈ 64 min
  19. Nyamoana's Present (continued) ≈ 50 min
  20. The Watershed between the northern and southern Rivers ≈ 84 min
  21. The Watershed between the northern and southern Rivers (continued) ≈ 69 min
  22. Continued Sickness ≈ 59 min
  23. Visit a deserted Convent ≈ 55 min
  24. Leave Pungo Andongo ≈ 74 min
  25. Make a Detour southward ≈ 63 min
  26. Level Plains ≈ 77 min
  27. Colony of Birds called Linkololo ≈ 70 min
  28. Departure from Linyanti ≈ 71 min
  29. Low Hills ≈ 77 min
  30. Beautiful Valley ≈ 83 min
  31. Confluence of Loangwa and Zambesi ≈ 76 min
  32. An Elephant-hunt ≈ 69 min
  33. Kind Reception from the Commandant ≈ 85 min
  34. Kind Reception from the Commandant (continued) ≈ 58 min
  35. Appendix.—Latitudes and Longitudes of Positions ≈ 14 min
  36. Appendix.—Book Review in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1858 ≈ 76 min
  37. Words: ≈ 14 min
AuthorDavid Livingstone
LanguageEnglish
First published1857
Era1800s
CategoriesMissions · Christian Biography
TopicsMissions
Length399 pages · 37 chapters · ≈ 25 h 40 min read
FormatsWeb Book · PDF
SourcePDF of a Project Gutenberg etext.
Status Public Domain

Public Domain. Published 1857 — public domain.

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