Keywords: angola methodist travel river river crossing rivercrossing jangada ferry raft dugout canoe dugoutcanoe "Crossing a crocodile-infected river on a ferry which consisted of a platform laid over big dugout canoes." Alexander H. Kemp, in "Twenty Years of Medical Missionary Work in Africa", p. 5. The boatmen are placing planks so that the vehicle can drive off the jangada (ferry) onto the land. The largest dugout canoes must have been enormously heavy. The cable, of course, was always on the upstream side of the jangada, so this river flows to the right. "Crossing a crocodile-infected river on a ferry which consisted of a platform laid over big dugout canoes." Alexander H. Kemp, in "Twenty Years of Medical Missionary Work in Africa", p. 5. The boatmen are placing planks so that the vehicle can drive off the jangada (ferry) onto the land. The largest dugout canoes must have been enormously heavy. The cable, of course, was always on the upstream side of the jangada, so this river flows to the right. |