Groups of the elaeis Guineansis palm embowering some dun-brown village; an array of majestic, superb growth of mvule trees; a broad extent covered with vivid green sorghum stalks; parachute-like tops of mimosa; a line of white sand, on which native canoes are drawn far above the reach of the plangent, uneasy surf; fishermen idly reclining in the shade of a tree;-these are the scenes which reveal themselves to us as we voyage in our canoe on the Tanganika.
"How I Found Livingstone"
Sir Henry M. Stanley