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| Keywords: Near the Cataracts of the Rovuma.jpg en Near the Cataracts of the Rovuma Previous reports represented the navigable part of this river as extending to the distance of a month's sail from its mouth; we found that at the ordinary heights of the water a boat might reach the obstructions which seem peculiar to all African rivers in six or eight days The Rovuma is remarkable for the high lands that flank it for some eighty miles from the ocean The cataracts of other rivers occur in mountains those of the Rovuma are found in a level part with hills only in the distance Far away in the west and north we could see high blue heights probably of igneous origin from their forms rising out of a plain p 441 1865 http //libweb5 princeton edu/visual_materials/maps/websites/africa/livingstone/livingstone-images html David Livingstone Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries and of the Discovery of the Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa 1858-1864 London John Murray 1865 David Livingstone other versions PD-Art Uploaded with UploadWizard Ruvuma River | ||||
