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The Lake Regions of Central Africa: A Picture of Exploration, Vol. 2

Chapter 19: Transcriber’s Notes
By Sir Richard Francis Burton
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The narrative combines first-hand travel reporting and systematic inquiry into the geography and peoples of central East Africa, tracing routes across the Unyamwezi highlands, sighting and charting a great inland lake, and detailing its navigation and coastal periplus. It interleaves topographical description with ethnographic sketches of village life, social organization, religion, and slavery, and narrates the return march toward the coast. Practical appendices present commerce, imports and exports, and official correspondence, while maps and illustrations supplement observational detail for readers and future travellers.

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Transcriber’s Notes

Spelling variants, inconsistent, archaic and unusual spelling, hyphenation, capitalisation, use of accents, etc., also in proper and geographical names and in non-English words, have been retained, except as listed under Changes below. The names of peoples, tribes, other groups and localities in particular occur in different varieties, either accidentally or deliberately. Factual and textual errors, inconsistencies and contradictions have not been corrected or standardised.

Depending on the hard- and software used to read this text, not all elements may display as intended.

Index: the deviations from the alphabetical order of the main entries have not been corrected.

Changes made:

Page vii: Entry Map of the Routes added.

Page 389: 2 Nusu = Dollar changed to 2 Nusu = 1 Dollar.

Page430: Heading FIRST CORRESPONDENCE. inserted.