My Dark Companions and Their Strange Stories

My Dark Companions and Their Strange StoriesThe nightly custom of gathering around the camp fire, and entertaining...
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Author: Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton),1841-1904
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Language: English
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My Dark Companions and Their Strange Stories

My Dark Companions and Their Strange Stories

€6,34

My Dark Companions and Their Strange Stories

€6,34
Author: Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton),1841-1904
Format: eBook
Language: English

My Dark Companions and Their Strange Stories

The nightly custom of gathering around the camp fire, and entertaining one another with stories, began in 1875, after Sabadu, a page of King Mtesa, had astonished his hearers with the legend of the Blameless Priest. Our circle was free to all, and was frequently well attended; for when it was seen that the more accomplished narrators were suitably rewarded, and that there was a great deal of amusement to be derived, few could resist the temptation to approach and listen, unless fatigue or illness prevented them. Many of the stories related were naturally of little value, having neither novelty nor originality; and in many cases, especially where the Zanzibaris were the narrators, the stories were mere importations from Asia; while others, again, were mere masks of low inclinations. I therefore had often to sit out a lengthy tale which had not a single point in it. But whenever a real aborigine of the interior undertook to tell a tale of the old days, we were sure to hear something new and striking; the language became more quaint, and in almost every tale there was a distinct moral. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 32877
Author: Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton)
Release Date: Jun 18, 2010
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Illustrator: Buckley, Walter

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