Chapter XII

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "At 4 A.M. of the 5th of January we were awake, cooking betimes the food that was to strengthen us for the task that lay before us, while the screaming lemur and the soko still alarmed the dark forest with their weird cries.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "At 4 A.M. of the 5th of January we were awake, cooking betimes the food that was to strengthen us for the task that lay before us, while the screaming lemur and the soko still alarmed the dark forest with their weird cries.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "We were left undisturbed until 8 A.M., when the canoes of the Mwana Ntaba were observed to cross over to the left bank, and in response to their signals the forest behind our camp was soon alive with wild men.

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

aimlessly drifting

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

experiencing a sudden sense of danger

From this reading "At 4 A.M. of the 5th of January we were awake, cooking betimes the food that was to strengthen us for the task that lay before us, while the screaming lemur and the soko still alarmed the dark forest with their weird cries.

possessing life

From this reading "We were left undisturbed until 8 A.M., when the canoes of the Mwana Ntaba were observed to cross over to the left bank, and in response to their signals the forest behind our camp was soon alive with wild men.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading "At 4 A.M. of the 5th of January we were awake, cooking betimes the food that was to strengthen us for the task that lay before us, while the screaming lemur and the soko still alarmed the dark forest with their weird cries.

past form of “attack” — launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

not in a state of sleep; completely conscious

From this reading "At 4 A.M. of the 5th of January we were awake, cooking betimes the food that was to strengthen us for the task that lay before us, while the screaming lemur and the soko still alarmed the dark forest with their weird cries.

sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)

From this reading "We were left undisturbed until 8 A.M., when the canoes of the Mwana Ntaba were observed to cross over to the left bank, and in response to their signals the forest behind our camp was soon alive with wild men.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading "At 4 A.M. of the 5th of January we were awake, cooking betimes the food that was to strengthen us for the task that lay before us, while the screaming lemur and the soko still alarmed the dark forest with their weird cries.

at or toward the back of something

From this reading "We were left undisturbed until 8 A.M., when the canoes of the Mwana Ntaba were observed to cross over to the left bank, and in response to their signals the forest behind our camp was soon alive with wild men.

in good time

From this reading "At 4 A.M. of the 5th of January we were awake, cooking betimes the food that was to strengthen us for the task that lay before us, while the screaming lemur and the soko still alarmed the dark forest with their weird cries.

a small vessel for travel on water

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

plural of “boat” — a small vessel for travel on water

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

the practice of eating the flesh of your own kind

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

plural of “canoe” — small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle

From this reading "We were left undisturbed until 8 A.M., when the canoes of the Mwana Ntaba were observed to cross over to the left bank, and in response to their signals the forest behind our camp was soon alive with wild men.

-ing form of “carry” — move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

an eye disease that involves the clouding or opacification of the natural lens of the eye

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

plural of “cataract” — an eye disease that involves the clouding or opacification of the natural lens of the eye

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

made or joined or united into one

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat

From this reading "At 4 A.M. of the 5th of January we were awake, cooking betimes the food that was to strengthen us for the task that lay before us, while the screaming lemur and the soko still alarmed the dark forest with their weird cries.

plural of “cry” — a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition

From this reading "At 4 A.M. of the 5th of January we were awake, cooking betimes the food that was to strengthen us for the task that lay before us, while the screaming lemur and the soko still alarmed the dark forest with their weird cries.

travel across or pass over

From this reading "We were left undisturbed until 8 A.M., when the canoes of the Mwana Ntaba were observed to cross over to the left bank, and in response to their signals the forest behind our camp was soon alive with wild men.

absence of light or illumination

From this reading "At 4 A.M. of the 5th of January we were awake, cooking betimes the food that was to strengthen us for the task that lay before us, while the screaming lemur and the soko still alarmed the dark forest with their weird cries.

spread out or scattered about or divided up

From this reading Frank distributed thirty rounds to each of the forty-three guns which now remained to us.

marked by a painfully slow and effortful manner

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

every one of two or more people or things, taken separately

From this reading Frank distributed thirty rounds to each of the forty-three guns which now remained to us.

plural of “elephant” — five-toed pachyderm

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

plural of “evidence” — your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

-ing form of “explore” — inquire into

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

the petals or sepals of a flower that bend downward (especially the outer perianth of an iris)

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number

From this reading Fred paused a few moments and then resumed the narrative:

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

plural of “fish” — any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

a United States Navy fleet consisting of two or more squadrons of small warships

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue

From this reading "At 4 A.M. of the 5th of January we were awake, cooking betimes the food that was to strengthen us for the task that lay before us, while the screaming lemur and the soko still alarmed the dark forest with their weird cries.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

plural of “force” — a powerful effect or influence

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

being three more than forty

From this reading Frank distributed thirty rounds to each of the forty-three guns which now remained to us.

characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion

From this reading Frank distributed thirty rounds to each of the forty-three guns which now remained to us.

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From this reading Fred paused a few moments and then resumed the narrative:

characteristic of or befitting a friend

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

plural of “gun” — a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)

From this reading Frank distributed thirty rounds to each of the forty-three guns which now remained to us.

(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

characterized by enmity or ill will

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

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From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice

From this reading "At 4 A.M. of the 5th of January we were awake, cooking betimes the food that was to strengthen us for the task that lay before us, while the screaming lemur and the soko still alarmed the dark forest with their weird cries.

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading "At 4 A.M. of the 5th of January we were awake, cooking betimes the food that was to strengthen us for the task that lay before us, while the screaming lemur and the soko still alarmed the dark forest with their weird cries.

location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east

From this reading "We were left undisturbed until 8 A.M., when the canoes of the Mwana Ntaba were observed to cross over to the left bank, and in response to their signals the forest behind our camp was soon alive with wild men.

large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tails

From this reading "At 4 A.M. of the 5th of January we were awake, cooking betimes the food that was to strengthen us for the task that lay before us, while the screaming lemur and the soko still alarmed the dark forest with their weird cries.

the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)

From this reading "At 4 A.M. of the 5th of January we were awake, cooking betimes the food that was to strengthen us for the task that lay before us, while the screaming lemur and the soko still alarmed the dark forest with their weird cries.

the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

the force of workers available

From this reading "We were left undisturbed until 8 A.M., when the canoes of the Mwana Ntaba were observed to cross over to the left bank, and in response to their signals the forest behind our camp was soon alive with wild men.

plural of “moment” — a particular point in time

From this reading Fred paused a few moments and then resumed the narrative:

an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading Fred paused a few moments and then resumed the narrative:

characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

plural of “native” — an indigenous person who was born in a particular place

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

not any; not one

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading Frank distributed thirty rounds to each of the forty-three guns which now remained to us.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

discovered or determined by scientific observation

From this reading "We were left undisturbed until 8 A.M., when the canoes of the Mwana Ntaba were observed to cross over to the left bank, and in response to their signals the forest behind our camp was soon alive with wild men.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading "We were left undisturbed until 8 A.M., when the canoes of the Mwana Ntaba were observed to cross over to the left bank, and in response to their signals the forest behind our camp was soon alive with wild men.

above and across; more than

From this reading "We were left undisturbed until 8 A.M., when the canoes of the Mwana Ntaba were observed to cross over to the left bank, and in response to their signals the forest behind our camp was soon alive with wild men.

past form of “pass” — go across or through

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

past form of “pause” — interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing

From this reading Fred paused a few moments and then resumed the narrative:

fraught with danger

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

the Romance language spoken in Portugal and Brazil

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

the particular portion of space occupied by something

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

past form of “remain” — stay the same; remain in a certain state

From this reading Frank distributed thirty rounds to each of the forty-three guns which now remained to us.

past form of “repulse” — force or drive back

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

a result

From this reading "We were left undisturbed until 8 A.M., when the canoes of the Mwana Ntaba were observed to cross over to the left bank, and in response to their signals the forest behind our camp was soon alive with wild men.

past form of “resume” — take up or begin anew

From this reading Fred paused a few moments and then resumed the narrative:

a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

plural of “round” — a charge of ammunition for a single shot

From this reading Frank distributed thirty rounds to each of the forty-three guns which now remained to us.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

so extremely intense as to evoke screams

From this reading "At 4 A.M. of the 5th of January we were awake, cooking betimes the food that was to strengthen us for the task that lay before us, while the screaming lemur and the soko still alarmed the dark forest with their weird cries.

plural of “signal” — any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message

From this reading "We were left undisturbed until 8 A.M., when the canoes of the Mwana Ntaba were observed to cross over to the left bank, and in response to their signals the forest behind our camp was soon alive with wild men.

having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "At 4 A.M. of the 5th of January we were awake, cooking betimes the food that was to strengthen us for the task that lay before us, while the screaming lemur and the soko still alarmed the dark forest with their weird cries.

in the near future

From this reading "We were left undisturbed until 8 A.M., when the canoes of the Mwana Ntaba were observed to cross over to the left bank, and in response to their signals the forest behind our camp was soon alive with wild men.

not in physical motion

From this reading "At 4 A.M. of the 5th of January we were awake, cooking betimes the food that was to strengthen us for the task that lay before us, while the screaming lemur and the soko still alarmed the dark forest with their weird cries.

make strong or stronger

From this reading "At 4 A.M. of the 5th of January we were awake, cooking betimes the food that was to strengthen us for the task that lay before us, while the screaming lemur and the soko still alarmed the dark forest with their weird cries.

any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted

From this reading "At 4 A.M. of the 5th of January we were awake, cooking betimes the food that was to strengthen us for the task that lay before us, while the screaming lemur and the soko still alarmed the dark forest with their weird cries.

place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading "At 4 A.M. of the 5th of January we were awake, cooking betimes the food that was to strengthen us for the task that lay before us, while the screaming lemur and the soko still alarmed the dark forest with their weird cries.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading "At 4 A.M. of the 5th of January we were awake, cooking betimes the food that was to strengthen us for the task that lay before us, while the screaming lemur and the soko still alarmed the dark forest with their weird cries.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading Fred paused a few moments and then resumed the narrative:

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three

From this reading Frank distributed thirty rounds to each of the forty-three guns which now remained to us.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading "At 4 A.M. of the 5th of January we were awake, cooking betimes the food that was to strengthen us for the task that lay before us, while the screaming lemur and the soko still alarmed the dark forest with their weird cries.

plural of “tribe” — a social division of (usually preliterate) people

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

plural of “tusk” — a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

untroubled by interference or disturbance

From this reading "We were left undisturbed until 8 A.M., when the canoes of the Mwana Ntaba were observed to cross over to the left bank, and in response to their signals the forest behind our camp was soon alive with wild men.

up to a particular time

From this reading "We were left undisturbed until 8 A.M., when the canoes of the Mwana Ntaba were observed to cross over to the left bank, and in response to their signals the forest behind our camp was soon alive with wild men.

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading "At 4 A.M. of the 5th of January we were awake, cooking betimes the food that was to strengthen us for the task that lay before us, while the screaming lemur and the soko still alarmed the dark forest with their weird cries.

plural of “utensil” — an implement for practical use (especially in a household)

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

a community of people smaller than a town

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading "At 4 A.M. of the 5th of January we were awake, cooking betimes the food that was to strengthen us for the task that lay before us, while the screaming lemur and the soko still alarmed the dark forest with their weird cries.

plural of “weapon” — any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

suggesting the operation of supernatural influences

From this reading "At 4 A.M. of the 5th of January we were awake, cooking betimes the food that was to strengthen us for the task that lay before us, while the screaming lemur and the soko still alarmed the dark forest with their weird cries.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.

at the time that

From this reading "We were left undisturbed until 8 A.M., when the canoes of the Mwana Ntaba were observed to cross over to the left bank, and in response to their signals the forest behind our camp was soon alive with wild men.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading Frank distributed thirty rounds to each of the forty-three guns which now remained to us.

during the time that

From this reading "At 4 A.M. of the 5th of January we were awake, cooking betimes the food that was to strengthen us for the task that lay before us, while the screaming lemur and the soko still alarmed the dark forest with their weird cries.

marked by extreme lack of restraint or control

From this reading "We were left undisturbed until 8 A.M., when the canoes of the Mwana Ntaba were observed to cross over to the left bank, and in response to their signals the forest behind our camp was soon alive with wild men.

in the company of; together with

From this reading "At 4 A.M. of the 5th of January we were awake, cooking betimes the food that was to strengthen us for the task that lay before us, while the screaming lemur and the soko still alarmed the dark forest with their weird cries.

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From this reading ATTACKED BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE MWANA NTABA AND BASWA TRIBES.--THEY ARE REPULSED.--EXPLORING THE FIRST CATARACT.--CARRYING AND DRAGGING THE BOATS THROUGH THE FOREST AND AROUND THE FALLS.--AN ISLAND CAMP.--NATIVE WEAPONS AND UTENSILS.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--HOW ZAIDI WAS SAVED FROM A PERILOUS POSITION.--CAUGHT IN A NET.--HOW THE NET WAS BROKEN.--FISHES IN THE GREAT RIVER.--HOW THE OTHER CATARACTS WERE PASSED.--AFLOAT ON SMOOTH WATER.--A HOSTILE VILLAGE.--ANOTHER BATTLE.--ATTACKED BY A LARGE FLOTILLA.--A MONSTER BOAT.--A TEMPLE OF IVORY.--NO MARKET FOR ELEPHANTS' TUSKS.--EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM.--FRIENDLY NATIVES OF RUBUNGA.--PORTUGUESE MUSKETS IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIVES.