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 was afterwards sorry for this, though, if I ever travel again, I shall trust to none but natives, as the climate of Africa is too trying to foreigners.John H. Speke
The rest of my work, besides sketching and keeping a diary, which was the most troublesome of all, consisted in making geological and zoological collections.
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The equatorial line is, in fact, the centre of atmospheric motion.
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My first occupation was to map the country.
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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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