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124 believes, by fissures suddenly opened in the flanking ranges, as at the Falls of Mosi-oa-tunya. See Murchison on the Physical Geography of Inner Africa.—Journal R. Geog. Society, 1864.

3. In Manyuema, west of Tanganyika, where Livingstone has been, the huts are built almost entirely of ivory; while in Ashantee gold is profusely employed.

4. Du Chaillu; and Schweinfurth, the record of whose very remarkable and daring explorations have been recently published. I am of course aware that Livingstone did not really know of the latter. It is indeed sad to think how near the two travellers were to one another when both were turned back.

5. I do not deem this inconsistent with Livingstone's large, though reverent and evangelical, utterance respecting the death of Sebituane. (See "Missionary Travels.")

6. A bird of Ashantee will brilliant red plumage. This vision is suggested by descriptions given of African races that practive human sacrifice—e. g. those of Ashantee and Dahomey.

7. The negroes can hardly conceive of death, in the case of young persons, without supposing it brought about by some malignant enchantment. They beleive themselves surrounded by all kind of spiritual