A Walk Across Africa: Or, Domestic Scenes from My Nile JournalW. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 452 sider |
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... grass huts they kept pigs , which are rarely seen near an Indian village . The breed was a very good short - nosed black kind . Two vessels in the har- bour , manned by East Indians , were pronounced by the " Prince of Wales , " and ...
... grass huts they kept pigs , which are rarely seen near an Indian village . The breed was a very good short - nosed black kind . Two vessels in the har- bour , manned by East Indians , were pronounced by the " Prince of Wales , " and ...
Side 14
... grass , cocoa - nut , manioc , yams , sweet po- tato , Indian corn , ground - nut , & c . , go in streams to the market . The return of these crowds is , in con- FRUITS AND VEGETABLES . 15 trast , utterly ludicrous .
... grass , cocoa - nut , manioc , yams , sweet po- tato , Indian corn , ground - nut , & c . , go in streams to the market . The return of these crowds is , in con- FRUITS AND VEGETABLES . 15 trast , utterly ludicrous .
Side 15
... grass , nutmeg , red pepper , betel - nut , catchoo - nut , jack - fruit , papau , almond , pomegranate , and the castor - oil plant , were all seen growing . To remark upon a few : -The mango - tree , met with everywhere , is ...
... grass , nutmeg , red pepper , betel - nut , catchoo - nut , jack - fruit , papau , almond , pomegranate , and the castor - oil plant , were all seen growing . To remark upon a few : -The mango - tree , met with everywhere , is ...
Side 18
... mob , we pushed on for a dozen yards , and stopped in an open space where some cows were lying . A twig of grass pinioned each man , and they were made to sit on the ground , EXECUTION SCENE . 19 speaking calmly , while the crowd.
... mob , we pushed on for a dozen yards , and stopped in an open space where some cows were lying . A twig of grass pinioned each man , and they were made to sit on the ground , EXECUTION SCENE . 19 speaking calmly , while the crowd.
Side 25
... grass and trees for twenty marches . At the ninth stage , from a ridge of rising ground com- posed of small pebbles in rotten sandstone , we saw distant hills to the north - west , and had a good view of the sluggish , winding Kingani ...
... grass and trees for twenty marches . At the ninth stage , from a ridge of rising ground com- posed of small pebbles in rotten sandstone , we saw distant hills to the north - west , and had a good view of the sluggish , winding Kingani ...
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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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African amongst animals appeared Arab arms arrival asked bank bark-cloth beads beautiful Berber birds Blue Nile boat Bombay brought Budja camels camp canoe Captain Speke carried cattle cloth colour covered cowries Crown Octavo dressed drums Edition Faloro feet Foolscap four fowls Frij goats Gondokoro grain grass guns hair hands handsome head heard hills horns houses iron ivory JOHN HILL BURTON journey Kamarasi Karague Karuma Falls Khartoom Kidi killed king lake leaves looked M'tessa Madi Manua miles morning musquitoes natives never night Nile Nyanza party passed placed plantain plundered porters present race rain river rocks round Rumanika sand Seedees seen sent shot skin slaves sorghum spears stream sultan sweet potato tall told Toorkees traveller trees Turks tusks Uganda Unyamuezi Unyoro village Waganda walked Wanyoro Watusi Wezee White Nile wild women wood yards Zanzibar