A Walk Across Africa: Or, Domestic Scenes from My Nile JournalW. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 452 sider |
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Side xv
... grain ( Penicillaria spicata ) , grown in Africa . Byre ; the jujube - tree , Zyzyphus jujuba , called M'konazee in Wasua- hili language , and Kalembo by Wezees . The fruit is the size of a marble , with a hard sweet - tasting rind and ...
... grain ( Penicillaria spicata ) , grown in Africa . Byre ; the jujube - tree , Zyzyphus jujuba , called M'konazee in Wasua- hili language , and Kalembo by Wezees . The fruit is the size of a marble , with a hard sweet - tasting rind and ...
Side xvi
... grain converted into flour and eaten like stirabout , or made into a fermented drink . M'ganga , or Ouganga ; a general term for a charm , or for a man who divines events . Mariboo ; the name of one of the officers of the King of Uganda ...
... grain converted into flour and eaten like stirabout , or made into a fermented drink . M'ganga , or Ouganga ; a general term for a charm , or for a man who divines events . Mariboo ; the name of one of the officers of the King of Uganda ...
Side xvii
... grains , roots , or fruits . Quikooroo ; the palace , or title of the residence of the Sultan of Usui and Karague ... grain made into stirabout , or used for making fermented drinks ; Kaffir corn of the Cape , M'tama of East Africa ...
... grains , roots , or fruits . Quikooroo ; the palace , or title of the residence of the Sultan of Usui and Karague ... grain made into stirabout , or used for making fermented drinks ; Kaffir corn of the Cape , M'tama of East Africa ...
Side 13
... grain ; and the picture around them of domestic animals had much the appearance of a home farmyard . The climate of Zanzibar is very relaxing , owing to the humidity of the air , a great amount of rain falling during the year . The rain ...
... grain ; and the picture around them of domestic animals had much the appearance of a home farmyard . The climate of Zanzibar is very relaxing , owing to the humidity of the air , a great amount of rain falling during the year . The rain ...
Side 14
... grain yearly , and four of manioc , which , with dried shark , is the staple food of the people . They cook it in every form , mak- ing also flour of it . One has only to walk of a morn- ing along the roads leading into the town , to ...
... grain yearly , and four of manioc , which , with dried shark , is the staple food of the people . They cook it in every form , mak- ing also flour of it . One has only to walk of a morn- ing along the roads leading into the town , to ...
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A Walk Across Africa Or Domestic Scenes from My Nile Journal Jam. Aug 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 antelope Arab arms arrival asked bank bark-cloth beads beautiful birds boat Bombay brought Budja called camels camp canoe carried cattle chief cloth colour covered cowries dressed drums feet four fowls Frij goat Gondokoro gourd grain grass guns hair hands handsome head heard hills hippopotamus horns hour houses Indian ivory journey Kamarasi Karague Karuma Falls Khartoom Kidi killed king lake leaves loads looked M'nanagee M'tessa Manua Mariboo miles milk Moossah morning musquitoes natives neck never night Nile Nyanza party passed placed plantain plundered porters present race rain river rocks round Rumanika Seedees seen sent shot skin slaves sorghum spears Speke stick stream sultan sweet potato tall told Toorkees traveller trees tusks Uganda Unyamuezi Unyanyembe Unyoro Usui Victoria Nyanza village Waganda walked Wanyoro Watusi Wezee White Nile wild wind women yards Zanzibar