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Memoir of George Thomson: Cameroons Mountains, West Africa John Ebenezer Honeyman Thomson No preview available - 2009 |
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accompanied Africa afterwards amongst appearance ascent Bakweli Balfron Baptist Missionary Society beach Bimbians Boanda boat Bonjongo brother brought Burnley bush Cameroons canoe Christian Church Clarence Peak cloth coast Collings consul course court Crown 8vo dark dash death Deedi difficulty distance erected feel feet Fernando Fernando Po ferns forest friends Gaboon gathered George Thomson Gillespie Glasgow goat hand head-man hope inhabitants interest J. W. ALEXANDER Jangu journey kind Kroomen lava leaving letter look Makunda Mann's Spring Medley Messrs mission Missionary Society morning mountain Mpanja native nephew night Notungo occupied passed Pinnock planting present Q. W. Thomson Quintin Thomson Rawku reached residence Richard Cooper road round sanatorium seemed seen sent sheep side soon steamer Street things thought tion town trade trees tribes various Victoria village voyage wife William of Bimbia William Thomson young
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