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Thinking black; 22 years without a break in the long grass of Central ...

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PUBLISHERS' NOTE<br />

The soon -to -die Liv<strong>in</strong>gstone farewelled Stanley <strong>in</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong>se tragic words :<br />

Alas !<br />

** On cross<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> Lualaba, I shall go direct<br />

S.W. to <strong>the</strong> copper m<strong>in</strong>es <strong>of</strong> Katanga. Eight<br />

days south <strong>of</strong> Katanga <strong>the</strong> natives declare <strong>the</strong><br />

founta<strong>in</strong>s [<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Nile] to be. When I have<br />

found <strong>the</strong>m I shall return by Katanga to <strong>the</strong><br />

underground houses <strong>of</strong> Rua . . : travel <strong>in</strong> boat<br />

up <strong>the</strong> river Lufira."<br />

<strong>the</strong> brave " Dawid " never so crossed <strong>the</strong><br />

Lualaba, and this volume records <strong>the</strong> fulfilment <strong>of</strong><br />

Liv<strong>in</strong>gstone's last desire.<br />

Most <strong>of</strong> it written by <strong>the</strong> flare <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> African camp-<br />

fire, <strong>the</strong> name <strong>of</strong> this book corresponds with its nature.<br />

The author is th<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g <strong>black</strong> all <strong>the</strong> time he is writ<strong>in</strong>g<br />

<strong>the</strong> book so named.

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