Abstract
MR. HORE was for eleven years a member of the Central African Mission established at Lake Tanganyika by the London Missionary Society, his special task being to undertake all the work that could be most effectually accomplished by one who had the knowledge and experience of a master mariner. In the present book he gives an account of his labours. The narrative contains many elements of interest, and will be read with pleasure by all who like to think of devoted courage in the service of great moral ideas. Mr. Hore became very familiar with Lake Tanganyika, which he surveyed in the first instance on board a native boat. Afterwards the British supporters of the mission enabled him to build two vessels in which he had opportunities of doing his work in a style worthy of its magnitude and importance. Of the physical characteristics of the lake and the surrounding regions he gives an unpretending but sound and sometimes picturesque account. He has also much to say about the natives, whose confidence and good-will he seems to have had a rare power of winning. He has a very favourable opinion of their capacities, and knows of no good reason why they should ever be treated by Europeans otherwise than with kindness and patience.
Tanganyika: Eleven Years in Central Africa.
By Edward Coode Hore, Master Mariner. (London: Edward Stanford, 1892.)
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Tanganyika: Eleven Years in Central Africa. Nature 46, 6 (1892). https://doi.org/10.1038/046006a0
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