A Walk Across Africa: Or, Domestic Scenes from My Nile JournalW. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 452 sider |
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Side vii
... never dreamt of a separate publication . My Journal , however , was a very copious one , daily entries having been made during our expedition ; and some personal friends see- ing these notes , conceived that a selection from them ...
... never dreamt of a separate publication . My Journal , however , was a very copious one , daily entries having been made during our expedition ; and some personal friends see- ing these notes , conceived that a selection from them ...
Side 5
... never had pillow - slips on board , and he , thinking that I ought to possess them , found one for me the first night in the shape of my empty clothes - bag - a feat most creditable to his ingenuity and sense of cleanliness . On the ...
... never had pillow - slips on board , and he , thinking that I ought to possess them , found one for me the first night in the shape of my empty clothes - bag - a feat most creditable to his ingenuity and sense of cleanliness . On the ...
Side 19
... never moved nor spoke . The same horrible scene was again enacted , but with a different result ; the man jerked upwards from his squatting position , and fell back on his left side , with no sound nor after - struggle . Both appeared ...
... never moved nor spoke . The same horrible scene was again enacted , but with a different result ; the man jerked upwards from his squatting position , and fell back on his left side , with no sound nor after - struggle . Both appeared ...
Side 26
... never slept in our clothes , but covered ourselves with from one to five thin blankets , according to the elevation . During the last week of November , previous to the regular rains , our camp at Ugogo suffered from heavy north and ...
... never slept in our clothes , but covered ourselves with from one to five thin blankets , according to the elevation . During the last week of November , previous to the regular rains , our camp at Ugogo suffered from heavy north and ...
Side 28
... never did . The donkeys had much more spirit than the mules . We lost only three out of five dur- ing the march , though overladen with bundles , pots , and kettles . The wild zebra and donkeys mingled and fraternised by distant neighs ...
... never did . The donkeys had much more spirit than the mules . We lost only three out of five dur- ing the march , though overladen with bundles , pots , and kettles . The wild zebra and donkeys mingled and fraternised by distant neighs ...
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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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