shake-the-ground

Updated: May 2, 2025

The formation of the crack of Mosioatunya is perhaps too ancient for that; yet, although information of any remarkable event is often transmitted in the native names, and they even retain a tradition which looks like the story of Solomon and the harlots, there is not a name like Tom Earthquake or Sam Shake-the-ground in the whole country.

David Livingstone - Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa