A Walk Across Africa: Or, Domestic Scenes from My Nile JournalW. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 452 sider |
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... hill - sides . At dusk we reached Petro- polis , a hill sanatorium , where we remained two or three days , enjoying its many natural beauties and the fine cool air . Embarking again at Rio , the day after we left shore our attention was ...
... hill - sides . At dusk we reached Petro- polis , a hill sanatorium , where we remained two or three days , enjoying its many natural beauties and the fine cool air . Embarking again at Rio , the day after we left shore our attention was ...
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... hills to the north - west , and had a good view of the sluggish , winding Kingani , which we did not altogether lose sight of till the thirteenth march . We crossed the East African chain at an elevation of 4750 feet , and got into ...
... hills to the north - west , and had a good view of the sluggish , winding Kingani , which we did not altogether lose sight of till the thirteenth march . We crossed the East African chain at an elevation of 4750 feet , and got into ...
Side 30
... hills . The country produces chiefly sorghum , bajra , sweet potato , and Indian corn , with tobacco , pumpkins , a small quantity of rice , manioc , ground - nut , and grains mentioned in Appendix to Speke's book . Mushrooms grow wild ...
... hills . The country produces chiefly sorghum , bajra , sweet potato , and Indian corn , with tobacco , pumpkins , a small quantity of rice , manioc , ground - nut , and grains mentioned in Appendix to Speke's book . Mushrooms grow wild ...
Side 40
... hills , above the path of the traveller , that we saw little of their manners or customs . Parties from the coast attack them , to cap- ture their people and cattle ; and as we were considered of this class , our followers had great ...
... hills , above the path of the traveller , that we saw little of their manners or customs . Parties from the coast attack them , to cap- ture their people and cattle ; and as we were considered of this class , our followers had great ...
Side 44
... hills , which every morning till eight or nine were obscured by an unhealthy coloured mist , filling the wide valley where we lay . There was nothing to cheer the eye - no river , no trees : it reminded Speke of the Crimea . Rills ran ...
... hills , which every morning till eight or nine were obscured by an unhealthy coloured mist , filling the wide valley where we lay . There was nothing to cheer the eye - no river , no trees : it reminded Speke of the Crimea . Rills ran ...
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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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