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THE DISCOVEKY OP THE SOUEOE OP THE NILE: 



A JOURNAL. By JOHN BANNING SPEKE, Captain H.M. Indian 

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 numerous Illustrations, chiefly from Drawings by Captain GRANT ; and 

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WHAT LED TO THE DISGOVEEY OP THE NILE 



SOURCE. By JOHN BANNING SPEKE, Captain H.M. Indian 

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A WALK AOEOSS APEIOA; 



Or, Domestic Scenes from my Nile Journal. By JAMES AUGUSTUS 

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 the Royal Geographical Society. 8vo, with Map, 15s. 



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Or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions in Search of Sir John Frank- 

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OAXTONIANA: 



A Series of Essays on LIFE, LITERATURE, and MANNERS. By SIR 

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THE OAIENGOEM MOUNTAINS, 



By JOHN HILL BURTON. In crown Svo, 3s. 6d. 



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ESSAYS ON SOCIAL SUBJECTS, 



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