Author : Walter Montagu Kerr
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 26,21 MB
Release : 2015-06-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781330237687
Book Description
Excerpt from The Far Interior, Vol. 1 of 2: A Narrative of Travel and Adventure From the Cape of Good Hope Across the Zambesi to the Lake Regions of Central Africa These volumes do not contain the story of an expedition in the accepted meaning of that term: in other words, they do not relate the intentions, progress, and achievements of an organised and fully-equipped company entering and traversing unknown territory. Records of such expeditions, more particularly in connection with African investigation, are numerous; but in the case of the present narrative I hope for a hearing because my journey was undertaken and accomplished alone; I was unaided, and had no companionship of white men, neither had I a corps of regularly enlisted carriers. When, at Chibinga, I was abandoned by the few so far faithful Kaffirs, who had accompanied me northwards from Matabeli-land, I was left to depend upon personal resources - to seek food and guides from the various wild tribes whom I encountered. From that circumstance I imagine that the recital of my experiences should be present a very clear reflection of the natural life of some of the races in south-east equatorial Africa. What I mean by this is, that regularly organised bodies of men, total strangers to the communities they meet with, are often kept at a distance from the people through natural suspicion or prejudice. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.