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IN these two bulky volumes Captain Burton gives us, after a lapse of thirteen to sixteen years, a narrative of his adventures and explorations in the island of Zanzibar, the neighbouring smaller islands, the adjacent coast of the mainland, and the Highlands of Eastern Africa intervening between the coast and the great Victoria N'yanza, the publication having been delayed by a series of remarkable accidents. As in everything else that Captain Burton has written, the volumes are full of graphic delineations of the natural features and inhabitants of the country, combined with not a few details of a personal character which have not the same interest for the general reader.
Zanzibar: City, Island, and Coast.
By Richard F. Burton. In 2 vols. (London: J. Murray, 1872.)
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01 March 1872
P. 341, first col., line 32, for “and should be changed,” read “and should not be changed.” P. 338, first col., line 3, for “J. Murray” read “Tinsley Brothers.”
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Zanzibar: City, Island, and Coast . Nature 5, 338–339 (1872). https://doi.org/10.1038/005338a0
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