CRUISE ON THE TANGANYIKA LAKE.
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C H A P T E R I.
THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY— THE STRANGE LATTE, ON
THE MAP— SET OFF— ARRIVE AT ZANZIBAR—A PRELIMINARY
EXCURSION— A SAIL ALONG THE COAST — THE PANGANI
RIVER — A JEMADAR’S TRICK — JOURNEY UP COUNTRY—
ADVENTURES— RETURN TO ZANZIBAR— SCENES THERE —
OBJECTS OF THE EXPEDITION— RECRUITING FOR FOLLOWERS
— THE CAFELA BASHI— THE START— FEVERS— DISCUSSIONS
ABOUT THE MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON AND THE VICTORIA
N’YANZA— THE TANGANYIKA.
On my arrival in England, the first thing I did was
to visit Captain Burton, and obtain an introduction
to the Royal Geographical Society, under whose auspices
I was about to travel. I next visited the Society,
and here was revealed to me, for the first time,
the great objects designed for the expedition in question.
On the walls of the Society’s rooms there hung
