Identifier: lakeregionsofcen00gedd (find matches)
Title: The lake regions of central Africa. A record of modern discovery
Year: 1881 (1880s)
Authors: Geddie, John, 1848-1937
Subjects: Rivers -- Africa Africa, Central -- Description and travel
Publisher: London, New York (etc.) : T. Nelson and Sons
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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a river, and avassal of Muata Yanvo, Livingstone was very kindlytreated by the great man, who received him seated instate under the shade of a banian tree, with his hun-dred wives seated behind him and his band of drum-mers and marimba-players performing in front; andout of gratitude the doctor treated the distinguishedparty to an entertainment with the magic-lantern.The subject was the death of Isaac, and the courtlooked on with awe as the gigantic figures, with flow-ing oriental robes, prominent noses, and ruddy com-plexions, appeared upon the curtain. But whenAbrahams uplifted hand, armed with the dagger,was seen descending, the ladies of the court, fancyingthat it was about to be sheathed in their own bosomsinstead of Isaacs, sprang to their feet, and with shoutsof Mother, mother! rushed helter-skelter, tum-bling pell-mell over each other and over the little idol-houses and tobacco-bushes; and it was impossibleto bring one of them back to witness the patriarchssubsequent fortunes.
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THE GAME OF THE ZAMBESI. 215 On the lower part of the Leeba the scenery becomesvery beautiful and richly diversified. The alterna-tion of hill and dale, open glade and forest, pastwhich the canoe bears us swiftly, reminds one of acarefully kept park. Animal life becomes moreplentiful with every mile of southing, and the broadmeadows bordering the stream are pastured by greatherds of wild animals—buffaloes, elands, antelopes, andzebras, with an occasional elephant and rhinoceros—which are so tame that they may be slaughtered inscores before they begin to take alarm. Below theconfluence of the Leeba with the Leeambye, or mainbranch of the Zambesi—which flows from the eastthrough a district that has never been explored—theabundance of game on the banks of the river is evenmore remarkable. The air, too, is often darkened bythe flight of innumerable water-fowl—scarlet ibises,fish-hawks, cranes, and waders and divers of manyvarieties for which names have not yet been in-vented—t

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