A Walk Across Africa: Or, Domestic Scenes from My Nile JournalW. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 452 sider |
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Side xiv
... Banks of the Nile - Arab settlement of El Eis - Entry into civilised country - Arrival at Khartoom , PAGE 374 CHAPTER XVII . Khartoom , from 30th March till 15th April 1863 - The Blue Nile-- Natural products - Ali Bey - Khartoom a ...
... Banks of the Nile - Arab settlement of El Eis - Entry into civilised country - Arrival at Khartoom , PAGE 374 CHAPTER XVII . Khartoom , from 30th March till 15th April 1863 - The Blue Nile-- Natural products - Ali Bey - Khartoom a ...
Side 29
... banks 16 feet above the water , and winding so much that no steamer could make its sharp turns . Canoes ferried it . One well , or puddle , a short distance from this river , made our plated spoons quite black , and turned blue test ...
... banks 16 feet above the water , and winding so much that no steamer could make its sharp turns . Canoes ferried it . One well , or puddle , a short distance from this river , made our plated spoons quite black , and turned blue test ...
Side 36
... bank of the Kingani , where the spoor of hippopotamus was visible . We came across very few chameleons or serpents , but saw a puff adder 2 feet long , with abruptly short tail and four fangs . There were many species of lizards ; one ...
... bank of the Kingani , where the spoor of hippopotamus was visible . We came across very few chameleons or serpents , but saw a puff adder 2 feet long , with abruptly short tail and four fangs . There were many species of lizards ; one ...
Side 38
... banks . A number of slimy - looking fish , 18 to 20 inches long , had been caught , and were slung by their heads to a cord tied round the waist , sur- rounding the wearer like a Highland kilt . The four native races were as follows ...
... banks . A number of slimy - looking fish , 18 to 20 inches long , had been caught , and were slung by their heads to a cord tied round the waist , sur- rounding the wearer like a Highland kilt . The four native races were as follows ...
Side 58
... banks well wooded and shelv- ing our men shouldered us across , but there were some rickety canoes made of bark lying on the left bank . The other we crossed at night in two channels running also west , but said to be dry one half of ...
... banks well wooded and shelv- ing our men shouldered us across , but there were some rickety canoes made of bark lying on the left bank . The other we crossed at night in two channels running also west , but said to be dry one half of ...
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A Walk Across Africa: Or, Domestic Scenes from My Nile Journal James Augustus Grant Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1864 |
A Walk Across Africa: Or, Domestic Scenes from My Nile Journal James Augustus Grant Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1864 |
A Walk Across Africa: Or, Domestic Scenes from My Nile Journal James Augustus Grant Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1864 |
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