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

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"Solomon, where is thy glory?<br />

It's gone <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> w<strong>in</strong>d!<br />

Babylon ! what <strong>of</strong> thy story ?<br />

It's gone <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> w<strong>in</strong>d !<br />

RUCKERT (apPROX. FROM GeRMAn).<br />

" On cross<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> Lualaba, I shall go direct S.W.<br />

to <strong>the</strong> copper m<strong>in</strong>es <strong>of</strong> Katanga. Eight days south<br />

<strong>of</strong> Katanga <strong>the</strong> natives declare <strong>the</strong> founta<strong>in</strong>s [<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Nile] to be. When I have found <strong>the</strong>m I shall return<br />

by Katanga to <strong>the</strong> underground houses <strong>of</strong> Rua . . .<br />

travel <strong>in</strong> boat up <strong>the</strong> river Lufira."<br />

Liv<strong>in</strong>gstone's Farewell to Stanley.<br />

" You know <strong>the</strong> hopelessness <strong>of</strong> such a task [as<br />

African Missions] till you f<strong>in</strong>d a St. Paul or a St.<br />

John. Their representatives nowadays want so<br />

much per year and a contract."<br />

General Gordon to Sir Richard Burton.

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