Isabel Burton,
Letter regarding the Nile II
“ I am anxious, before I sail to join Captain Burton at Damascus and I have not many days left to claim Captain Burton's proper position amongst the five explorers of the lakes, having already had a reminder that 'les absents ont toujours tort?' That position means, second to Livingstone as explorer, to whom he has shown the way to the Nile, and first as lake discoverer. ”
