John Hanning Speke Quotes

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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.
• The equatorial line is, in fact, the centre of atmospheric motion.
• The lion is, however, rarely heard - much more seldom seen.
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• Each tribe has its characteristics, it is true.
• I profess accurately to describe native Africa - Africa in those places where it has not received the slightest impulse, whether for good or evil,…
• 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…
• My first occupation was to map the country.
• 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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