Records of South-Eastern Africa: Collected in Various Libraries And Archive Departments in Europe
Records of South-Eastern Africa: Collected in Various Libraries And Archive Departments in Europe
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Of the mines of this land from which gold is taken, the nearest to Sofala are those which they call Manica, which are in a plain surrounded by mountains having a circumference of about thirty leagues. The place where gold is to be found is generally known from the earth being dry and poor in herbage. The whole of this district is called Matuca, and the people who dig there are called Botongas. Though they lie between the equator and the tropic of Capricorn, the snow upon these mountains is so a...bundant that any one remaining on the heights during the winter season is frozen to death. In summer the air upon the summits is so pure and serene that some of our people who happened to be there saw the new moon in its first day.
In the mines of Manica, which are about fifty leagues west- ward from Sofala, the Kaffirs have some difficulty, the land being very dry, for all the gold found there is dust and they must carry the earth which they dig up to a place where they can find water, for which purpose they make hollows in which water collects in the winter, which are generally no deeper than six or seven spans, and if the depth reaches twenty spans the bottom is rock.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Of the mines of this land from which gold is taken, the nearest to Sofala are those which they call Manica, which are in a plain surrounded by mountains having a circumference of about thirty leagues. The place where gold is to be found is generally known from the earth being dry and poor in herbage. The whole of this district is called Matuca, and the people who dig there are called Botongas. Though they lie between the equator and the tropic of Capricorn, the snow upon these mountains is so a...bundant that any one remaining on the heights during the winter season is frozen to death. In summer the air upon the summits is so pure and serene that some of our people who happened to be there saw the new moon in its first day.
In the mines of Manica, which are about fifty leagues west- ward from Sofala, the Kaffirs have some difficulty, the land being very dry, for all the gold found there is dust and they must carry the earth which they dig up to a place where they can find water, for which purpose they make hollows in which water collects in the winter, which are generally no deeper than six or seven spans, and if the depth reaches twenty spans the bottom is rock.
What to read after Records of South-Eastern Africa: Collected in Various Libraries And Archive Departments in Europe?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by George Mccall Theal to read onlineMoreLess
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