Travels in the Congo
Translated by Dorothy Bussy
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The opening
/. Voyage Out — Brazzaville
TO THE CONGO
MV QTATr • r 2I July- Third day oj passage out
MY bIATE,s one of inexpressible langourj the hours slip by empty and indistinguishable. J
After two days of bad weather the sky has begun to turn blue: Ae sea,s growing calmer; the air warmer. A flock of swallows is following the ship.
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About this edition
- The words
- Dorothy Bussy's English translation, copied word for word.
- Left out
- Other material that isn't the author's
- The title page and opening pages before chapter 1
- Page numbers and running heads from the printed pages, in 4 places
- Half-title “TRAVELS IN THE CONGO”
- Specks at the foot of two pages, read as “nd” and “I” (no word of the text is missing there) (2 blocks)
- A tune printed in musical notation (a picture), read by the OCR as “SA£” and “SA?” (2 blocks)
- Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers, in 2 places