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Word: marianno (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1931-1931
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...Mawson, the Australian, spotted a few more. Africa- On Jan. 27, 1863 the late David Livingstone took a sheet of blue foolscap* and wrote to "His Excellency the Governor of the Cape" a report on trade and slavery. The old letter was found this Spring. It reads in part: "Marianno was a guest last year at the Governor's [of Quelimane] table after undergoing punishment for some 40 murders and attacking the village of Senna. He then ran away and the Governor ran after him, and, of course, could not catch him. "Another, and yet another, turned slave hunter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Expeditions | 5/25/1931 | See Source »

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