■ r' "* '■'i'''i'"'--» ,■-):.,, x: P:--.i ".^; }e;«:-.7 :;^;;;:;!?f ;!.■::-.■:.;/;:• :/j:;!^'I^ fc;r Kuji; ■''...-]■■.-■ THINKING BLACK ^.. '.■;.>; ■'^- ■ '^M'^ ;.(iiiA,» |:. v>t','i:^..' '; '.■'W'., '■ ■ ■■. "./'V '■■■ ^■"'> ■" ,:i..-.-'v->v-. 1 , ■•"\:r;^vi^" ii^ftii--'. =C"*- ■>- • v^Sv/,; .'■■'V,;,-v'. Xvi-v, > ■■^•. ■.-V • - '•-,.." ,.:.V &::>i^--. >.r 'fi''-'' •('■'V M'"?.', ■ ft":-.'" ■ t ' ■' -„ ' 'l*"vVt"-'' f '-'lif THE LOOK-OUT HUT On the Cliff overhanging- Lake Mweru. I Thinking Black 22 YEARS WITHOUT A BREAK IN THE LONG GRASS OF CENTRAL AFRICA D. CRAWFORD, F.R.G.S. V (fConga Vantu) C( There's a legion that never was listed^ T hat carries no colours nor crest, B ut split in a thousand detachments Is breaking the road for the rest.'' » :• • >; : '• ^econ^ (Bbition ""•■•• "°" " MORGAN AND SCOTT LD. 12, PATERNOSTER BUILDINGS, E.G. LONDON MCMXIII I i First Edition . . . 3rd December 1912 ] Second Impression . . 19th December 1912 U Second Edition . . 30th August 1913 f Copyright by Morgan &^ Scott Ld., igi2 PUBLISHERS' NOTE The soon-to-die Livingstone farewelled Stanley in these tragic words : " On crossing the Lualaba, I shall go direct S.W. to the copper mines of Katanga. Eight days south of Katanga the natives declare the fountains [of the Nile] to be. When I have found them I shall return by Katanga to the underground houses of Rua . . ; travel in boat up the river Lufira." Alas ! the brave " Dawid " never so crossed the Lualaba, and this volume records the fulfilment of Livingstone's last desire. Most of it written by the flare of the African camp- fire, the name of this book corresponds with its nature. The author is thinking black all the time he is writing the book so named. ^74895