A Walk Across Africa: Or, Domestic Scenes from My Nile JournalW. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 452 sider |
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Side viii
... passed through them - I mean , as regards the products and the capabilities of the countries , the density of their populations , and the different natures of the people , as well as the causes affecting them . Personal anecdotes , espe ...
... passed through them - I mean , as regards the products and the capabilities of the countries , the density of their populations , and the different natures of the people , as well as the causes affecting them . Personal anecdotes , espe ...
Side 1
... than in an ordinary sailing - vessel . Eight days passed smoothly ; on the ninth day we gladly stepped on shore to enjoy the bright island of Madeira , with its scented shrub- A 2 RIO DE JANEIRO . beries , which , though.
... than in an ordinary sailing - vessel . Eight days passed smoothly ; on the ninth day we gladly stepped on shore to enjoy the bright island of Madeira , with its scented shrub- A 2 RIO DE JANEIRO . beries , which , though.
Side 2
... passing richly - foliaged islands in their course . Hence , forty miles of rail , through swamp and forest , brought us to the foot of mountains , which we ascended in omnibuses drawn by four mules , passing on the way others , handsome ...
... passing richly - foliaged islands in their course . Hence , forty miles of rail , through swamp and forest , brought us to the foot of mountains , which we ascended in omnibuses drawn by four mules , passing on the way others , handsome ...
Side 11
... passed in six languages , acted as interpreter at the durbar , where the Sultan was most affable , shaking hands with all . Though the streets of Zanzibar are too narrow for a wheeled carriage , and the supply of water deficient ...
... passed in six languages , acted as interpreter at the durbar , where the Sultan was most affable , shaking hands with all . Though the streets of Zanzibar are too narrow for a wheeled carriage , and the supply of water deficient ...
Side 12
... passed them . The bazaar is very abundantly supplied with vegetables , fruit , and dried fish ; little butcher - meat , but liquor - shops abound , and water has to be purchased - the best quality being carried fully a mile from a hot ...
... passed them . The bazaar is very abundantly supplied with vegetables , fruit , and dried fish ; little butcher - meat , but liquor - shops abound , and water has to be purchased - the best quality being carried fully a mile from a hot ...
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A Walk Across Africa: Or, Domestic Scenes from My Nile Journal James Augustus Grant Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1864 |
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A Walk Across Africa: Or, Domestic Scenes from My Nile Journal James Augustus Grant Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1864 |
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