The equatorial line is, in fact, the centre of atmospheric motion.
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Slavery, I may add, is one great cause of laziness, for the masters become too proud to work, lest they should be thought slaves themselves.
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In the following pages I have endeavoured to describe all that appeared to me most important and interesting among the events and the scenes that came under my notice during my sojourn in the interior of Africa.
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Twins are usually hailed with delight, because they swell the power of the family, though in some instances they are put to death.
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I profess accurately to describe native Africa - Africa in those places where it has not received the slightest impulse, whether for good or evil, from European civilisation.
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