Image from page 169 of “Narrative of an expedition to explore the river Zaire, usually called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816, under the direction of Captain J. K. Tuckey, R. N. To which is added, the journal of Professor Smith; and some general obser
Image by Internet Archive Book Images
Identifier: narrativeofexped01tuck
Title: Narrative of an expedition to explore the river Zaire, usually called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816, under the direction of Captain J. K. Tuckey, R. N. To which is added, the journal of Professor Smith; and some general observations on the country and its inhabitants
Year: 1818 (1810s)
Authors: Tuckey, James Hingston, 1776-1816 Smith, Christen. [from old catalog]
Subjects:
Publisher: New-York, W. B. Gilley
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress
View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.
Text Appearing Before Image:
did not exceed 2^ milesan hour. The prospect of the river from the sum-mit of the rock is extensive, but in no other res-pect prepossessing, the hills which bound the viewbeing naked, except a few Adansonia, and appa- 152 CAPTAIN TUCKEYS NARRATIVE. rently of the same formation as the Fetiche rock»Just as we reached the rock, two hippopotamiwere observed about 100 yards from the shore,with their heads above the water, snorting in theair; a ball fired at them sent them off On the very summit of one of the MGonza cheelahills, named FingaPs shield in the chart of Max-well, is a very singular pyramidal stone, which hasall the appearance of an artificial building, resem-bling a watch tower or a light-house, but is a natu-ral block of loose granite with another perchedupon it. It is called by the natives Taddi enzazzi,or the lightning stone, and is held as an object of freat veneration. It was sketched by Lieutenantlawkey, and appears to rise out of the circularSummit of the hill, as under.
Text Appearing After Image:
At 3, weighed with a fresh sea breeze, and at 6anchored opposite the village of Lombee, wherethe Fuka or kings merchant resides, who was toaccompany me to the Chenoo, or king of Em-bomma. Simmons, a black man whom I had received atDeptford from Sir H. Pophams flag-ship for a pas-sage to his country, here first met with some of his CAPTAIN TUCKEYS NARRATIVE. 153 family. His father and brother came on board thesloop. The transport of joy at the meeting wasmuch more strongly expressed by the father thanby the son, whose European ideas, though acquiredin the school of slavery, did not seem to assimilatewith those of Negro society, and he persisted inwearing his European jacket and trowsers; hehowever went on shore with his friends, andthroughout the night the town resounded with thesound of the drum and the songs of rejoicing.The story of this man, which I had before neverthought of inquiring into, and which was partly re-lated by his father, adds one blot more to the cha-racter of Europe
Note About Images
Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability – coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
This South African Flag image was automatically curated and published with WP Robot plugin – CLICK HERE to learn more about WP Robot for WordPress – a massive time and money saver.
Visit the MyPE YouTube Channel.
