Frances reads Aldwyn's long 1908 letter from Africa, the first instalment of his journey from Kota Kota on the shores of Lake Nyasa, back to England. Kota Kota is now called Nkhotakota, the lake is called Lake Malawi and the country formerly known as Nyasaland is now Malawi.
Aldwyn steams south across the lake on the SS Chauncy Maples; he then travels by several other forms of transport to the coast at Chinde, which is at the mouth of the Zambezi River, in Mozambique. Then he boards a ship, the SS Herzog, ending up in the Mission hospital in Zanzibar, in Tanzania.
He started his journey on 31st July 1908; and the Archdeacon said the Itinerarium before they left. Aldwyn doesn't get to London until October 5th.
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Intro: 00:00
Aldwyn's letter, 2nd August 1908 - 2:44
On the River Shire - 6:50
The Zambezi River - 9:12
The SS Herzog - 11:02
Notes on Aldwyn's letter - 12:54
Notes part 2 - 19:30
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