John Hanning Speke Quotes

• The expedition had now performed its functions. I saw that old father Nile without any doubt rises in the Victoria Nyanza, and as I had foretold, that lake is the great source of the holy river which cradled the first expounder of our religious belief.

  John Hanning Speke

  Religious, Father, Rivers

  1863 Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile.

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• The lion is, however, rarely heard - much more seldom seen.

  John Hanning Speke

  Lions, Heard

  John Hanning Speke (2007). “Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile”, p.25, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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• I was afterwards sorry for this, though, if I ever travel again, I shall trust to none but natives, as the climate of Africa is too trying to foreigners.

  John Hanning Speke

  Trust, Sorry, Trying

  John Hanning Speke (2015). “Source of the Nile”, p.11, Amberley Publishing Limited

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• My first occupation was to map the country.

  John Hanning Speke

  Country, Maps, Occupation

  John Hanning Speke (2015). “Source of the Nile”, p.17, Amberley Publishing Limited

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• So is the savage buffalo, especially delighting in dark places, where he can wallow in the mud and slake his thirst without much trouble; and here also we find the wild pig.

  John Hanning Speke

  Dark, Pigs, Savages

  John Hanning Speke (2007). “Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile”, p.25, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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• The equatorial line is, in fact, the centre of atmospheric motion.

  John Hanning Speke

  Lines, Facts, Centre

  John Hanning Speke (1863). “Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile”, p.17

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• Twins are usually hailed with delight, because they swell the power of the family, though in some instances they are put to death.

  John Hanning Speke

  Delight, Twins, Instance

  John Hanning Speke (1863). “Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile”, p.19

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