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Dr. Livingstone's Discoveries

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IN the conclusion of a letter which has lately appeared in your journal on the subject of Dr. Livingstone's recent letters, Dr. Beke gives the opinion that the river and lake chain which forms the main part of the great traveller's latest discoveries, is the head stream of the Nile. Though I am unwilling to differ from such an authority as Dr. Beke, yet there appear to me to be considerable difficulties in the way of his conclusions.

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JOHNSTON, K. Dr. Livingstone's Discoveries. Nature 1, 336–337 (1870). https://doi.org/10.1038/001336b0

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