| 单词 | Victoria Falls |
| 例句 | Once he rescued Mr. Damon from Victoria Falls while she stood around and sulked because all she had to do was hold the rope that held Jem. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I touched each of the familiar pictures taped there: the Grand Canyon, the Milky Way, Victoria Falls, Table Mountain. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z We flew near Victoria Falls and then headed north through a mountain range. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On the way from the hotel to Victoria Falls National Park, the driver informs Casey that the pool can be reached this time of year, but discourages him from trying. | Let’s Get Lost 2014-03-07T23:00:48Z There are other Zambian gems, of course — the wide-open spaces of Liuwa Plain and Kafue national parks; the unspoiled wilderness of the Lower Zambezi; the thundering Victoria Falls. In Search of Zambia’s Stunning Wildlife: A Virtual Safari 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z It will end at the world's largest waterfall, Victoria Falls. Stars reveal Comic Relief trek 2013-01-22T14:47:17Z His itinerary includes Mount Kilimanjaro, Victoria Falls and a safari in the Serengeti, and he spends a fair amount of time haggling with guides and drivers. Review: In ‘Gabriel and the Mountain,’ Recalling a Tragic Adventure 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z And now I'm at Victoria Falls, looking at the rainbow arcing across the sky. Digested read: Wonders of the Universe by Brian Cox 2011-03-21T21:30:01Z On that last trip, I made a final stop in Victoria Falls, allowing myself to be a tourist instead of a reporter. Into Africa: 6 Vacation Ideas From Our Experts 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Or when we visited another, more violent waterfall on the east coast — Victoria Falls — the force of which generated whitecaps in the pond below and a series of small rainbows. Waterfalls, Rivers and Rain Forest on Dominica 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z When Owen’s turn comes, Casey insists that all three of us hold onto his son as he peers over Victoria Falls. | Let’s Get Lost 2014-03-07T23:00:48Z In Victoria Falls National Park, Casey runs around consulting maps and asking uniformed personnel where the pool is. | Let’s Get Lost 2014-03-07T23:00:48Z Mokoomba are from Victoria Falls in the north, and they blend local Tonga and global influences in their varied, self-written songs. Mokoomba: Rising Tide – review 2012-08-23T21:30:01Z Cape Town to Victoria Falls, off road all the way. Australian manners 2010-09-25T23:06:00Z Hydropower plus natural infinity pool: Enjoy the view over the lip of the waterfall, like the Angel’s Pool at Victoria Falls. What’s It Like to Visit Wakanda? You Had Some (Great) Ideas 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z That afternoon, I walked past heaps of elephant dung on my way to Victoria Falls National Park. Into Africa: 6 Vacation Ideas From Our Experts 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Feel like you’re swimming off the edge of a cliff at the Devil’s Pool, a natural infinity pool in Victoria Falls, which borders Zambia and Zimbabwe. 40 Trips You Should Take Before You Turn 30 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z Mokoomba, from Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, blend local Tonga as well as global influences. Best world and folk music albums of 2012 2012-12-13T22:02:01Z Where exactly is the camera operator standing, and how, to get those shots of the fishermen who pluck their catches from the very top of Victoria Falls in Africa? | 'Human Planet': Where Eagles Dare, and Other Workscapes 2011-04-08T23:26:16Z I arrived at the century-old Victoria Falls Hotel, a colonial-era grande dame, and found a younger Mugabe staring stiffly from a portrait in the lobby, his forehead polished and gleaming like oiled mahogany. Into Africa: 6 Vacation Ideas From Our Experts 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z “It’s a flashback to when you were in Victoria Falls running through clouds, or when you were performing in an amphitheater in Bitola,” in Macedonia. London’s Globe Theater Is Winding Up ‘Hamlet’ World Tour 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z We reached Victoria Falls by a hike along and through a river. Waterfalls, Rivers and Rain Forest on Dominica 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z They’d seen a picture on the Internet of the Devil’s Pool, a naturally occurring infinity pool at the top of Victoria Falls where you can swim safely without being swept over the edge. | Let’s Get Lost 2014-03-07T23:00:48Z It was in 2002, when they were at school together at Mosi-Oa-Tunya High in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, and he remembers that their biggest problem was getting hold of instruments. Mokoomba: Zimbabwe's new sound 2013-04-25T15:19:15Z The school friends from Victoria Falls performed in front of a Zimbabwean flag, and mixed rapid-fire dance songs and dance routines with a cappella harmony work that echoed South African township styles. Womad festival 2013-07-29T09:54:17Z At the end of last week, Zuma was in Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, attending a conference on carbon credits where he represented a Belarusian company. South Africa's ex-President Jacob Zuma in Russia for medical treatment 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z No one abandons a Lime scooter on the Perito Moreno Glacier in Argentina or builds an Equinox gym right next to the Zambezi River’s Victoria Falls. 'A story of extinction.' La Brea Tar Pits recognized as a geological heritage site 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z The coin is called "Mosi-oa-Tunya" which means "The Smoke Which Thunders" and refers to Victoria Falls, on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia. Zimbabwe launches gold coins to tackle soaring inflation 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z It will be called the "Mosi-oa-Tunya Gold Coin", which means "The Smoke Which Thunders," a reference to Victoria Falls that is located on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia. Zimbabwe to mint gold coins to tackle rising prices 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z In addition about 40,000 have been removed from the roll without due process, while one residential address belonging to a politician in the resort town of Victoria Falls registered 46 people, it says. Zimbabwe by-elections: New party, same fears of dirty tricks 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Ronald Leon Johnson was arrested Feb. 15 as he checked in at Robert Mugabe Airport in the capital, Harare, for a flight to the tourist town of Victoria Falls, The Herald newspaper reported. Retired US soldier held in Zimbabwe for taking gun on plane 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z Here, we look at the effects of global heating on Victoria Falls, one of the natural wonders of the world - and how Sub-Saharan Africa is learning to cope with the climate crisis. Then and now: When silence descended over Victoria Falls 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday got a jab in Victoria Falls, in western Zimbabwe, to promote tourism and launch the second phase of the country’s vaccination drive. Zimbabwe’s president gets shot of Sinovac in Victoria Falls 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z Two elephants were found dead in Victoria Falls last week, the Sunday Mail reports, citing the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority. Mystery of Zimbabwe elephant deaths may be solved, as experts eye bacterial disease 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z Most of the elephants that died recently in the Pandamasue Forest, located between Hwange National Park and Victoria Falls, were weak or young, mostly under 15 years old. Zimbabwe elephants died from bacterial disease, say experts 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z The two countries share the lake as well as the magnificent Victoria Falls along the Zambezi River. 2 Zimbabwe park rangers drowned by poachers in Lake Kariba 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z In full flow, Victoria Falls easily qualifies as one of the natural wonders of the world. Then and now: When silence descended over Victoria Falls 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z The two countries share the lake as well as the magnificent Victoria Falls along the Zambezi River. 2 Zimbabwe park rangers drowned by poachers in Lake Kariba 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z And of course one of Zimbabwe's most famous landmarks is still known as Victoria Falls after the former British Queen. Uproar as roads named after Mugabe successor 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z The former guerrillas also had killed six tourists, including two Americans, near the town of Victoria Falls. U.S. told to come clean about knowledge of 1980s Mugabe massacres in Zimbabwe 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z For the most part, it shouldn’t exist within the laws of physics, yet here it hovered in front of Victoria Falls. Into darkness 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z As one of the region's biggest attractions for tourists, Victoria Falls is a valuable source of income for Zimbabwe and Zambia. Then and now: When silence descended over Victoria Falls 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z I also had timelines, to make sure that one character reached Victoria Falls after bungee jumping started — or that another character is the right age to play with He-Man figurines as toys. ‘The Old Drift’ author Namwali Serpell shares how Zambian Afronauts inspired her debut novel 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z In Zimbabwe's second city, Bulawayo, Victoria Falls Road is now going to be renamed Mosi-Oa-Tunya Road. Uproar as roads named after Mugabe successor 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Victoria Falls in southern Africa and Lord's cricket ground in London are also among the 2019 newbies. Globe goes green for St Patrick's Day 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z Near the resort town of Victoria Falls on the border with Zambia, Ghosi Mbane, who runs minibus taxis to and from Bulawayo, told the Nation newspaper that filling stations were still dry. Emmerson Mnangagwa increase of Zimbabwe gas tax harks back to Mugabe 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z The Zimbabwe Herald reports that the plane crashed Friday in Masvingo en route to the popular tourist site of Victoria Falls. Zimbabwe small plane crash kills 5, including 3 Finns 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z When people think about Zambia, they maybe think of the Victoria Falls or the wildlife game parks, but worldwide, an understanding of our culture is very minimal. ‘The Old Drift’ author Namwali Serpell shares how Zambian Afronauts inspired her debut novel 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z Last year a trained elephant trampled a tour guide in Victoria Falls, a tourist resort in the country's west. Elephant tramples tourist to death 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z Mnangagwa says he made the offer to Trump staffers earlier this year at the World Economic Forum, pitching land in the tourist town of Victoria Falls. Zimbabwe’s leader says he offers Trump land for golf course 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z When I showed up at the Victoria Falls Rest Camp, our rendezvous spot in Zimbabwe, the tents were already standing. A $1,100 safari through three African countries? Yes, it's real 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z A 14-hour flight got them to Ethiopia, followed by five more hours in the air to Victoria Falls in northwestern Zimbabwe. Oklahoma zoo employees search for painted dogs in Zimbabwe 2018-02-18T05:00:00Z Hopes are high for increased tourism, with upgrades planned for facilities at World Heritage sites such as Victoria Falls, as well as the international airport. Can Zimbabwe Rise From Mugabe’s Ruins? 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z I had a quick trip to Victoria Falls a few years ago, coming in from South Africa and heading out via Botswana. With Mugabe’s Era Ending in Zimbabwe, a Warning Echoes in Africa 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z There are the queen’s namesakes: Victoria Falls north of Zimbabwe; Lake Victoria, bordering three countries in eastern Africa; Victoria Island in Nigeria. It’s been 50 years since Britain left. Why are so many African judges still wearing wigs? 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Mine was a pair of vervet monkeys goofing around at Victoria Falls and a lone warthog snuffling through plastic outside the national park’s entrance. A $1,100 safari through three African countries? Yes, it's real 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Almost everywhere – excepting the booming tourist hub of Victoria Falls – shows evidence of a chronic lack of private or public investment. Zimbabwe dares to dream of life after Mugabe 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z There are pictures from Arches National Park in Utah and Victoria Falls in Zambia and a flea market in Beijing. Still checking work email on vacation? This employer says ‘Stop’ 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z From there, the route angles northwest to Victoria Falls, crossing the Zambezi River into Zambia. The History of Southern Africa, by Train 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Why would a man who stripped white farmers of their land, who railed against the name of Victoria Falls, allow an archaic judicial tradition to remain in place? It’s been 50 years since Britain left. Why are so many African judges still wearing wigs? 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z It was at that moment that Molly leaned forward and let loose the Victoria Falls of vomit. The Drug of Choice for the Age of Kale 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z On the first evening, at a hotel in Victoria Falls, Harry said that he’d seen a pangolin, “a peculiar anteater-like animal.” Joy Williams’s Refractory Brilliance 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z Some are helping themselves: there are now more than 20 police roadblocks shaking down tourists between the country’s main crossing-point from South Africa and Victoria Falls, its biggest attraction. Bailing out bandits 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z While Rhodes had aimed to lay rail north from Victoria Falls, toward Lake Victoria, about 1,200 miles away, the landlocked Zambians had a different goal: connecting to a port. The History of Southern Africa, by Train 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Police also said an Australian tourist was arrested in the resort town of Victoria Falls for allegedly taking part. Job boycott shuts down much of Zimbabwe as discontent grows 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z For four days and three nights I watched the African countryside slip past as the 20-coach Rovos carried me from Zimbabwe’s side of Victoria Falls to South Africa’s capital of Pretoria. Reliving the Golden Age of Train Travel in Southern Africa 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z In a message on Facebook she said the blackout was caused by faulty equipment and that only the Southern and Western provinces - supplied by a hydroelectric power plant at the Victoria Falls - were unaffected. Zambia power cuts leave most of the country in darkness - BBC News 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z “There is none of us who is a better comrade than another,” Mugabe told an audience of several thousand in the western resort town of Victoria Falls. Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe tells potential successors to stop infighting 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z Rhodes built rail lines north from Cape Town, eventually crossing the Zambezi River at Victoria Falls and reaching all the way to present-day Congo. The History of Southern Africa, by Train 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z The 24-member board of the Green Climate Fund met at a Zambian hotel alongside the scenic Victoria Falls in early November with a clear mission: Do something. Billions of dollars in Green Climate Fund may be stymied by rising sea of red tape 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z If you’d rather end your journey in Pretoria, connections are available via Johannesburg to most regional departure points such as Cape Town, Victoria Falls and Durban. Reliving the Golden Age of Train Travel in Southern Africa 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z We got engaged in Zambia, on an island near Victoria Falls, surrounded by crocodiles and burping hippos and masked weaver birds. Vuvuzelas, Pistorius and Mugabe’s warped rule: my six years in Africa 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z The Amazing Race In this new episode of the unscripted travel competition series, racers soar above the South America's Victoria Falls before hitting a double U-turn. Friday's TV Highlights: 'Live From Lincoln Center' on PBS 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z They were captured from a private conservancy in the northwestern resort town of Victoria Falls. Zimbabwe hunter who helped Cecil killing in court on fresh charges 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z There were certainly plenty of tourists at Victoria Falls and the Hwange National Park last week, and Zimbabwe still sits on precious metals and diamonds, but foreign investment is the key and confidence is low. Zimbabwe's triumvirate retains firm grip on power - BBC News 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z The morning after I boarded in Victoria Falls, along with 60 or so other passengers, we stopped at Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park and hopped into game vehicles. Reliving the Golden Age of Train Travel in Southern Africa 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Mugabe describes himself as both a practicing Catholic and a Marxist, but his birthday party was held at the Elephant Hills golf resort, near Victoria Falls, just up the road from the haunts of Cecil. Cecil the Lion and Robert Mugabe 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z A court in Victoria Falls released both Zimbabweans on $1,000 bail each on Wednesday. In Cecil the Lion fallout, hunters defend Walter Palmer and fear big game bans 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z The Zimbabwean Parks & Wildlife Authority said Bronkhorst and the local landowner, Honest Ndlovu, will appear in court in Victoria Falls on Wednesday to face poaching charges. US dentist accused of killing Cecil the lion 'upset' as hunter becomes hunted 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z He’s a man going over Victoria Falls in a barrel yelling: No problem. Tiger Woods might get more sympathy if he acknowledged his struggles 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z When Robert Mugabe recently turned 91 he invited several thousand of his closest friends to a resort hotel near Victoria Falls. Robert Mugabe and the Crocodile - BBC News 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z Victoria Falls on the Caribbean island of Dominica. Lush Dominica In The Eastern Caribbean Offers Festivals, Fun, In (Very) Merry May 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z Should the Victoria Falls still be named after a dead English queen? Do Africa's colonial relics really matter? 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z Officials on Saturday sang praises to the former guerrilla leader in the resort town of Victoria Falls. Zimbabwe's Mugabe celebrates 91st birthday 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z He said there was a strong cultural obligation for Victoria Falls to show hospitality and thank Mugabe for celebrating his birthday in the town. Zimbabwean gives elephants to be eaten at Mugabe's 91st birthday fete 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z I can flip back and see that I actually asked, loudly and clearly, "Where is Victoria Falls?" Amazon Echo review: listen up 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z He drove 11 hours to Victoria Falls, the largest waterfall in the world, with suicide in mind. 'Phillip Hughes could have been me' 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z Thirty international buyers pulled out of an annual tourism expo that began Thursday in Zimbabwe’s resort town of Victoria Falls, said Karikoga Kaseke, the national tourism agency chief. Ebola: Africa’s image takes a hit 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z Thirty international buyers pulled out of an annual tourism expo that began Thursday in Zimbabwe's resort town of Victoria Falls, said Karikoga Kaseke, the national tourism agency chief. Ebola: Africa's image takes a hit 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z Musasa, director of the 31,000 acres Woodlands Conservancy near Victoria Falls, said it attracts big game trophy hunters from all over the world, including the United States. Zimbabwean gives elephants to be eaten at Mugabe's 91st birthday fete 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z The firm’s brand in Zambia is Mosi, the local name for Victoria Falls; the label depicts the frothing waterfall. The beer frontier 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z I actually got a better night's sleep in that cell than in the gorge at Victoria Falls. 'Phillip Hughes could have been me' 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z In a game reserve near Victoria Falls, in western Zimbabwe, Steven Dean is scouting for new recruits to join his Green Army. Meet the Ex-Soldier Saving African Rhinos 2014-02-22T18:35:28Z Zimbabwe plans to build a "Disneyland in Africa" at the world famous Victoria Falls, the country's tourism minister told the BBC. Africa in 2013: 10 things we've learnt 2013-12-24T02:02:41Z Rather than turn Zimbabwe's Victoria Falls into a tacky Disney World theme park in an effort to attract tourism, the government would be better off pulling in the elephants' friends to their beautiful parks. Letter from Africa: Elephants' end? 2013-10-03T00:58:02Z Zimbabwe is not leveraging the Victoria Falls enough, Mr Mzembi told the BBC on Tuesday, describing it as a "sleeping giant". Zimbabwe plans African Disneyland 2013-08-27T18:11:22Z Victoria Falls is a 100m-high waterfall in Southern Africa, on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe. VIDEO: Jumping into Victoria Falls 2013-06-07T07:49:22Z He spent much of his life in Africa where he became the first European to "discover" and name Victoria Falls. Dr Livingstone stamps unveiled 2013-04-30T23:52:54Z The Victoria Falls in Zambia, one of the world's poorest countries. Forget Starbucks – what UK companies are doing to avoid tax is far worse 2013-02-10T00:06:05Z The Victoria Falls, on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe. £5bn illegally taken out of Zambia over past decade, says report 2012-12-17T19:02:00Z The accident, in Victoria Falls, claimed the life of his elder brother Adam, who was also a professional footballer. Ndlovu critical after car crash 2012-12-16T11:17:23Z Victoria Falls was formed from intense volcanic activity in an ancient landmass called Gondwanaland, almost 200 million years ago. VIDEO: Jumping into Victoria Falls 2013-06-07T07:49:22Z Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe truly must be experienced. Living and Working in South Africa 2012-11-19T16:30:13Z In June 1886 the party crossed the Zambezi west of the Victoria Falls, and explored the then almost unknown region between that river and its tributary the Kafue. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z From this point a strip of German territory 300 m. long and about 50 m. broad, projects eastward until it reaches the Zambezi a little above the Victoria Falls. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z The pair were returning from a friendly match between the Highlanders Legends and a Victoria Falls team. Ndlovu critical after car crash 2012-12-16T11:17:23Z They travelled to the Victoria Falls on the Zambezi River, and there they contemplated a mighty carry of a hundred and sixty yards over roaring, foaming water. The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer 2011-08-21T02:00:29.747Z It was to this section of the river that Livingstone gave the name Victoria Falls. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Easy listening music was piped through the loudspeakers and on platform four, sat the night train to Victoria Falls. All aboard 2010-06-12T10:53:00Z Some soccer tourists will also visit neighboring countries like Botswana or Zimbabwe to see game parks or Victoria Falls. Health and Safety Tips for World Cup Travelers 2010-05-27T00:51:00Z Later, in “Traveling White,” he tells of an excursion to Victoria Falls on a segregated bus in the Northern Rhodesia of the early 1960s. 2010-01-30T05:22:00Z Then on by Bloemfontein, Kimberley, Bulawayo, to the Victoria Falls, where a bridge had to be opened. Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History He was, I knew, bound for the Victoria Falls. Tales of South Africa We eventually arrived at Victoria Falls at lunchtime after a 17-hour journey through the heart of today's Zimbabwe. All aboard 2010-06-12T10:53:00Z Why not have continued it on to the Victoria Falls? Through South Africa His Visit to Rhodesia, the Transvaal, Cape Colony, Natal Meanwhile, in Africa, Livingstone is pushing steadily across the Dark Continent, and discovers the Victoria Falls of the Zambesi. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 Bannister, do you know what it feels like to be tied into a barrel and tossed over Victoria Falls? What Need of Man? "There is nothing worth seeing in Rhodesia, except the Victoria Falls," he asserted; "and you can run up there and see all you want to and get back in a week!" The Rhodesian South of the Central Zambezi, Nyanja dialects are spoken as far west as the Victoria Falls. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Then the Victoria Falls, larger than Niagara, what mighty electrical power lies stored there! Through South Africa His Visit to Rhodesia, the Transvaal, Cape Colony, Natal In the Luapula and its tributaries he discovered the headwaters of the Congo River and then continued on to Victoria Falls and Rhodesia. An African Adventure The Zambesi is thought to present a great difficulty to the erosion theory, because of the sinuosity of the chasm below the Victoria Falls. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Mr. Pym packed them off to the Victoria Falls as soon as possible, and remained behind himself to complete the arrangements for his trip. The Rhodesian From Darlington to the Victoria Falls is eight thousand miles of ocean, bush, and desert, and sometimes long delay was caused by the railway being washed away by floods. Chatterbox, 1906 From the Cape Peninsula to north of Salisbury, or the Victoria Falls, the whole country is one continuous plain country. Through South Africa His Visit to Rhodesia, the Transvaal, Cape Colony, Natal One section of the system begins down at Vryburg in Bechuanaland, where it connects with the South African Railways, and extends straight northward through Bulawayo and Victoria Falls to the Congo border. An African Adventure Already this line has been constructed northward from Cape Town several hundred miles beyond Victoria Falls, directly below which it crosses the Zambezi River. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania It makes me ache almost like the Victoria Falls did. The Rhodesian Vine said that the Victoria Falls were all right, but that their surroundings were, many of them, perversely wrong. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales It will not omit the Zambesi Coal Fields and the Victoria Falls. Through South Africa His Visit to Rhodesia, the Transvaal, Cape Colony, Natal The fact that the casual traveller can see Victoria Falls from the train is due entirely to the foresight and the imagination of Cecil Rhodes. An African Adventure "This sketch of Victoria Falls is not bad," he piped, gazing at a thing of tender mists and spraying water above a titanic rock-bound gorge. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa I thought only miners and farmers went to Rhodesia, except a few tourists to the Victoria Falls. The Rhodesian Bulawayo is the point from which one starts to visit the Victoria Falls on the Zambesi, the only very grand natural object which South Africa has to show. Impressions of South Africa In fact, we have been publicly told that we are to expect others, and that the railway to the Victoria Falls of the Zambesi is the next on the programme. Through South Africa His Visit to Rhodesia, the Transvaal, Cape Colony, Natal The imagination miracles disclose in the Haggard books are surpassed by the actual wonder represented by Victoria Falls. An African Adventure The vast commercial fields of ivory were opened up to trade; the magnificent power of the Victoria Falls laid bare to the sight of civilized man. Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time It is an all around, north, south, east, and west, colouring beyond all telling—something aloof, overpowering, incomprehensible, with the remote majestic splendour of the Rockies, or the Sahara, or the Victoria Falls. The Rhodesian On being told that possibly a steamer might ascend as far as Sinainanes, he enquired whether a cannon could not blow away the Victoria Falls, so as to enable her to reach Sesheke. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley In all the world it is surpassed only by the Victoria Falls of the Zambesi, discovered by Livingstone. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Most people who go to Rhodesia make this pilgrimage, for in the well-known tourist language of Mr. Cook, like Victoria Falls, it is "one of the things to see." An African Adventure In 1856, he discovered the wonderful Victoria Falls, and then returned to England, where he was overwhelmed with honors. Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time Another railway, part of the Cape to Cairo connexion, runs north-west from Bulawayo, crossing the Zambezi just below the Victoria Falls. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" From thence, beyond a beautiful valley, the columns of vapour rising from the Victoria Falls, upwards of twenty miles away, could clearly be distinguished. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley During his earlier visit to Linyanti he had heard of a mighty waterfall on the river, and now he discovered this African Niagara, which he named the Victoria Falls. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Here existed the "King Solomon's Mines" of Rider Haggard's fancy: here the modern gold-seekers of fact sought the treasures of Ophir; here Nature gives an awesome manifestation of her power in the Victoria Falls. An African Adventure The area which this basalt covers extends from near the Vaal River in the south, to a point some sixty miles beyond the Victoria Falls, and the average breadth is about 150 miles. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi The Victoria Falls bridge over the Zambezi, designed by Sir Douglas Fox, and completed in 1905, is a combination of girder and arch having a total length of 650 ft. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Charles Livingstone, who had seen Niagara, pronounced it inferior in magnificence to the Victoria Falls. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley This formation is identical with that observed formerly below the Victoria Falls. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 We propose now to go on and cross the Zambesi just below the Victoria Falls. South African Memories Social, Warlike & Sporting from Diaries Written at the Time One enormous fresh-water lake, in which probably sported the Dyconodon, was let off when the remarkable rent was made in the basalt which now constitutes the Victoria Falls. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi We know Victoria Falls, because they have eclipsed our own Niagara Falls, and Zanzibar, farther up the Coast, is familiar through comic operas and rag-time. The Congo and Coasts of Africa The Victoria Falls presented the most remarkable of these fissures, and thus served to verify and complete his theory. The Personal Life of David Livingstone The Victoria Falls station is a popular starting point for hunting expeditions headed northeast and northwest. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation I must now try in a few words to give a short account of what we saw at the Victoria Falls in July, 1903, when the breath of civilization had scarcely touched them. South African Memories Social, Warlike & Sporting from Diaries Written at the Time After having visited the famous Victoria Falls, the "thundering foam," David Livingstone abandoned the Zambezi to take a northeastern direction. Dick Sand A Captain at Fifteen The extension of the line northward from Bulawayo was begun in 1899, the Zambezi being bridged, immediately below the Victoria Falls, in 1905. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Again the grand Victoria Falls are reached, and Charles Livingstone, who has seen Niagara, gives the preference to Mosi-oa-tunya. The Personal Life of David Livingstone Wednesday we had lantern views of the Victoria Falls, which particularly interested us, as we had just been reading Livingstone's account of them. Three Years in Tristan da Cunha It marks the Victoria Falls, and is a landmark for many miles round. South African Memories Social, Warlike & Sporting from Diaries Written at the Time He told the world of the Victoria Falls of the Zambesi, the largest known, a mile wide and twice as high as Niagara. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents The first named made his way by the head-streams of the Kubango to the upper Zambezi, which he descended to the Victoria Falls, proceeding thence to Pretoria and Durban. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 It was raining in solid chunks, and the Colonel Commanding looked like Victoria Falls and felt like a submarine. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, September 5, 1917 Besides discovering several large lakes, Livingstone was the first to see the Falls of the Zambesi, which he named the Victoria Falls, after her Majesty the Queen. Beneath the Banner It is said that the greatest long distance transmission yet attempted will shortly be undertaken in South Africa where it is proposed to draw power from the famous Victoria Falls. Marvels of Modern Science The recent improvements in long-distance transmission of power encourages the belief that the Victoria Falls may some day possess large industrial utility for a wide region around them. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents I have never, to my regret, seen the Victoria Falls of the Zambesi, as on two separate occasions when starting for them unforeseen circumstances detained me in Cape Town. The Days Before Yesterday It is probably a crack similar to that which made the Victoria Falls, and formed the Shiré Valley. A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 Where that source may have been is probably indicated by another pair of bellows, which we observed below the Victoria Falls, being found in Central India and among the Gipsies of Europe. A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 Into this chasm, of twice the depth of Niagara-fall, the river, a full mile wide, rolls with a deafening roar; and this is Mosi-oa-tunya, or the Victoria Falls. A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 It was evident that Pitsané, observing our delight at the Victoria Falls, wished to increase our pleasure by a second wonder. A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 I have heard that the width of the Victoria Falls is to within a few yards exactly the distance between the Marble Arch and Oxford Circus. The Days Before Yesterday We proceeded next morning, 9th August, 1860, to see the Victoria Falls. A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 But the Victoria Falls have been formed by a crack right across the river, in the hard, black, basaltic rock which there formed the bed of the Zambesi. 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