PL of Chapter 6 is ok.Steven Seitel wrote: ↑July 18th, 2021, 3:03 pm Chapter 06, Preparations for Advance...
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X2 that. Baker, in keeping with the standards of his age, is blissfully unaware of the hypocrisy in his statement:Sunrise2020 wrote: ↑July 19th, 2021, 4:20 am Being socialized in a different era, I wondered if he had what camera he had brought for "a clear shot".
“I admired them as they lay before me with a hunter's pride and satisfaction, but mingled with a feeling of pity for such beautiful and utterly helpless creatures.” (Chapter 05)
But enough of that.
Here's Chapter 07, The Start from Geera
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And Chapter 08, The Elephant Trumpets
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Chapter 09, The Fright of the Tokrooris
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Chapter 8 is ok.
Having seen these wonderful animals in the wild, I definitely prefer them alive! Hopefully we've reached the end of the safaris.
Having seen these wonderful animals in the wild, I definitely prefer them alive! Hopefully we've reached the end of the safaris.
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Chapter 9 is ok.
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Not yet. No satisfactory African safari can be complete until a few big cats have been slaughtered...
Chapter 10, A Day with the Howartis...
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PL of section 10 is ok.
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Chapter 11, The Bull Elephant...
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Now that all of the "big five" dangerous African mammals have been "bagged," we can begin to move on to the real work of the expedition: discovering the sources of the Nile. I hope.
Chapter 12, The Abyssinian Slave-Girls
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To his eternal credit, Baker led the successful 1869 expedition (authorized by the Kedive of Egypt) to suppress slavery in the Soudan and Central Africa.
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Now that all of the "big five" dangerous African mammals have been "bagged," we can begin to move on to the real work of the expedition: discovering the sources of the Nile. I hope.
Chapter 12, The Abyssinian Slave-Girls
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To his eternal credit, Baker led the successful 1869 expedition (authorized by the Kedive of Egypt) to suppress slavery in the Soudan and Central Africa.
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Well, I'm glad we're moving past the safaris!
PL of sections 11 and 12 is ok.
PL of sections 11 and 12 is ok.
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I hear you, Susanne. I'm not especially fond of "sport" hunting either. Standards were different in Baker's day...
Chapter 13, Gondokoro
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Chapter 14, Startling Disclosures
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Baker seems determined to proceed no matter how suicidal the venture....
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Chapter 15 A Start Made at Last
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Mrs. Baker saves the day!
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Mrs. Baker saves the day!
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From the Last Secrets to the Heart of Africa, the determination of these explorers is just amazing! And some good old-fashioned courtesy saved the day. Mrs. Baker proved a most useful travel companion in these last chapters.
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Chapter 16, The Greeting of the Slave Traders
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Baker engages in a theological argument with a simple "Godless savage"...and loses!
Chapter 17, Disease in Camp
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Baker engages in a theological argument with a simple "Godless savage"...and loses!
Chapter 17, Disease in Camp
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Chapter 18, Greetings from Kamrasi's People...
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Chapter 19, Kamrasi's Cowardice...
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Getting closer to the end, now...
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Chapter 19, Kamrasi's Cowardice...
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Getting closer to the end, now...
Steve
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