A Walk Across Africa: Or, Domestic Scenes from My Nile JournalW. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 452 sider |
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... heard " Man overboard ! " and every one sprang to his feet . Such was the discipline that , from the time I first heard the alarm till I saw the boat lowered in charge of two of the officers , Wilkinson and Gye , only two minutes ...
... heard " Man overboard ! " and every one sprang to his feet . Such was the discipline that , from the time I first heard the alarm till I saw the boat lowered in charge of two of the officers , Wilkinson and Gye , only two minutes ...
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... heard ; all wished to go , and we selected ten - a corporal and nine privates of the Cape Mounted Rifles . When paraded for our inspection , they reminded me of the Goorkas of India . On the 16th July two teams of beautiful bays pulled ...
... heard ; all wished to go , and we selected ten - a corporal and nine privates of the Cape Mounted Rifles . When paraded for our inspection , they reminded me of the Goorkas of India . On the 16th July two teams of beautiful bays pulled ...
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... heard . Zebras seen cantering in open forests of bare - poled trees without a vestige of underwood , form a beautiful sight ; they can be stalked very easily , and , unless made aware of danger by antelopes feeding with them , they will ...
... heard . Zebras seen cantering in open forests of bare - poled trees without a vestige of underwood , form a beautiful sight ; they can be stalked very easily , and , unless made aware of danger by antelopes feeding with them , they will ...
Side 34
... was unmistakable . Lions were fired at once during a moonlight march ; others were heard both day and night making short coughing noises , but never " roaring like a lion . " They WILD ANIMALS . 35 lashed in a lit- Tracks of.
... was unmistakable . Lions were fired at once during a moonlight march ; others were heard both day and night making short coughing noises , but never " roaring like a lion . " They WILD ANIMALS . 35 lashed in a lit- Tracks of.
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... heard , but the plumage of those seen is often very brilliant . Flocks of beautiful little birds , with black bodies , golden- tinted scarlet heads and backs , pecked at the ears of corn ; or in the rice - fields the favourite of the ...
... heard , but the plumage of those seen is often very brilliant . Flocks of beautiful little birds , with black bodies , golden- tinted scarlet heads and backs , pecked at the ears of corn ; or in the rice - fields the favourite of the ...
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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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