Notes and Calculations for Field Diary XVII
David Livingstone

Date(s) of composition: 7-9 April 1873
Repository: David Livingstone Centre, Blantyre, United Kingdom
Shelfmark: T0317
Clendennen & Cunningham number(s):
Digital edition and date: Livingstone Online, 2017
Publisher: University of Maryland Libraries, College Park, MD, USA
Project ID: liv_000073
Critical encoding: Adrian S. Wisnicki, Heather F. Ball
Encoding dates: 2017-06-05, 2017-06-06

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[22] slept on bank of the
most southern branch of
the Monikazi & on

5

9th after two hours
threading its very winding
deep channel came to a
village where our men
crossed it & sent after
10them = we are all tired
by the rushes and vegetation

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7th slept on an anthill
Went on 2 hours then
came to a broad shallow
bench on right of the
20 Monikazi R. had to
unload canoes & haul
each over into Monikazi
which has a thick fringe
of Papyrus - then
25hearing voices & a drum
went East & lost our way
in stiff grassy prairies
which could scarcely be
got through = in 5 hours
30slept on an anthill
a lion wandering & roaring
in the waste of waters

8th send a canoe to
vil where voices come
35from for information -
Papyrus plants 8 feet
long ¼ in diameter - crown
3 feet across horizontally ==
got two guides but the
40water about 15 inches in
[figure] spots and thigh deep in
others caused constant
dragging of the large canoe
through rushes Papyrus
45arum = wild rice & stiff
grasses aquatic = 5 Hours E & S.

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