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Born: 1970-01-01
Profession: Soldier
Nation: British
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So is the savage buffalo, especially delighting in dark places, where he can wallow in the mud and slake his thirst without much trouble; and here also we find the wild pig.

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Each tribe has its characteristics, it is true.

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My first occupation was to map the country.

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The equatorial line is, in fact, the centre of atmospheric motion.

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The lion is, however, rarely heard - much more seldom seen.

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Twins are usually hailed with delight, because they swell the power of the family, though in some instances they are put to death.

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Cows, after leaving the low lands near the coast, are found to be plentiful everywhere, and to produce milk in small quantities, from which butter is made.

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I profess accurately to describe native Africa - Africa in those places where it has not received the slightest impulse, whether for good or evil, from European civilisation.

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I was afterwards sorry for this, though, if I ever travel again, I shall trust to none but natives, as the climate of Africa is too trying to foreigners.

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In the following pages I have endeavoured to describe all that appeared to me most important and interesting among the events and the scenes that came under my notice during my sojourn in the interior of Africa.

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The rest of my work, besides sketching and keeping a diary, which was the most troublesome of all, consisted in making geological and zoological collections.

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