What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile, by JohnHanning Speke
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"[...]to scarcely half that depth, where it rests at the head of the high plateau land of Nogal, and is almost barren. Nogal, as I have said before, is also very barren, only producing trees, such as the hardy acacia and jujube, in sheltered places, in the valleys or watercourses which drain that land to the south-east. I had no means of determining it, but should judge this second great geographical feature, the plateau of Nogal, by the directions its streams lie in, to have a gradual decreasing declination, like all the rest of the interior, from the north, where it averages an altitude of from 3000 to 4000 feet, down to the level of the sea on south and by east. According to traditional histories furnished me by the natives who accompanied me on the journeys I undertook, it appears that the present Somali are of rather recent origin, not more than four and a half centuries old. About the year 1413, an Arab chieftain, Darud-bin-Ismail, who had been disputing with an elder brother for certain territorial rights at Mecca, was [...]".
What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile, by JohnHanning Speke- Published on: 2015-03-23
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .52" w x 6.00" l, .46 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 230 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A couple of dramatic incidents By S. Clark I read this in PDF format.I read this after completing his main work, "Journal of the Discovery". This book is actually more interesting, there's more variety and definitely more drama. The two main dramatic incidents are the attack by Somali raiders at the end of the first, Somali, part, and the very famous beetle-in-the-ear episode towards the beginning of the Lake Tanganyika part. In fact, I recommend just reading those two parts as the rest of the book is pretty dull and humdrum. I guess the Kindle version is searchable and there's a Project Gutenberg version available online that's searchable.If you do read the whole thing then be prepared for a lot of daily travel and wrangling stuff. Most of the wrangling is with the porters whereas in the "Journal" book most of the wrangling was with the chiefs whose territories he passed through.
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