Our second landing on the shores of Victoria Nyanza, 1900-03-25
Scope and Contents
'Showing fishing baskets (on principle of lobster pots) and canoes. Green awning (made from one of our tent ground sheets). Archie (Mrs Lloyd's boy bailing)'. Notes from a previous page, perhaps intended for a missing watercolour, describe the initial voyage, 'Groundsheet for awning, at first lay on bare boards with bed bags as bolsters, afterwards got our pillows, mattresses etc., got on board at midnight, rowed out to it in dugouts, on dhow seven English passengers, twelve boys.'
Dates
- Creation: 1900-03-25
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Language of Materials
English
Finding aid date
2018-06-01 14:49:31+00:00
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