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Excerpt from With the West African Frontier Force, in Southern Nigeria
Left England from Liverpool, on May 9th, in one of Messrs. Elder, Dempster Co.''s mail boats, the Glenda, which was to take me to the West Coast of Africa. It was typical English weather when we left - cold and wet, and it was not until five days later that we got into anything approaching warmth and sunshine. During those five cold days I realized that the Elder, Dempster boats were noted for many things, their size is small, their accommodation limited, the food is horrible, and the speed of these mail boats would always ensure an excellent race with an ordinary snail. Our first port of call was Sierra Leone which we reached on May arst, disembarking a few passengers and taking on board a great number of natives for destinations further down the coast. We did not stay many hours there, and left in the afternoon, and proceeded down the.
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Left England from Liverpool, on May 9th, in one of Messrs. Elder, Dempster Co.''s mail boats, the Glenda, which was to take me to the West Coast of Africa. It was typical English weather when we left - cold and wet, and it was not until five days later that we got into anything approaching warmth and sunshine. During those five cold days I realized that the Elder, Dempster boats were noted for many things, their size is small, their accommodation limited, the food is horrible, and the speed of these mail boats would always ensure an excellent race with an ordinary snail. Our first port of call was Sierra Leone which we reached on May arst, disembarking a few passengers and taking on board a great number of natives for destinations further down the coast. We did not stay many hours there, and left in the afternoon, and proceeded down the.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
Lord Esme Gordon Lennox
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ISBN - 9780265338810
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.6 cm
Page Count - 107
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Author
Lord Esme Gordon Lennox
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ISBN - 9781332038404
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.6 cm
Page Count - 109
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