A Walk Across Africa: Or, Domestic Scenes from My Nile JournalW. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 452 sider |
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Side xv
... plantain discovered by Bruce the Abyssinian traveller , called M'seegwah and M'tembeh by natives , who make necklaces of its seeds . Florikan or floriken ; a bird of the bustard family , found in cultivated open places . Gonjeh ; the ...
... plantain discovered by Bruce the Abyssinian traveller , called M'seegwah and M'tembeh by natives , who make necklaces of its seeds . Florikan or floriken ; a bird of the bustard family , found in cultivated open places . Gonjeh ; the ...
Side xvi
... plantain in Karague and Uganda . Merry ; the Uganda name for boiled plantain . Murwa ; the Eleusine coracana , or ooleyzee of the Seedees , a minute grain converted into flour and eaten like stirabout , or made into a fermented drink ...
... plantain in Karague and Uganda . Merry ; the Uganda name for boiled plantain . Murwa ; the Eleusine coracana , or ooleyzee of the Seedees , a minute grain converted into flour and eaten like stirabout , or made into a fermented drink ...
Side xvii
... plantain . Nurrowareh ; the name given to the Victoria Nyanza by some Wa- ganda . Nanga ; a wooden musical instrument , having several strings . Nyanzig , or Gnans - gnans ; signifies " Thanks , thanks , " and is used as an expression ...
... plantain . Nurrowareh ; the name given to the Victoria Nyanza by some Wa- ganda . Nanga ; a wooden musical instrument , having several strings . Nyanzig , or Gnans - gnans ; signifies " Thanks , thanks , " and is used as an expression ...
Side xviii
... plantain - trees are called by this name in Uganda . Watuta ; a plundering , restless race , supposed to be a branch from the Zulu Kaffirs of the Cape . They have spread as far north at 34 ° south latitude . Wezee ; a short expression ...
... plantain - trees are called by this name in Uganda . Watuta ; a plundering , restless race , supposed to be a branch from the Zulu Kaffirs of the Cape . They have spread as far north at 34 ° south latitude . Wezee ; a short expression ...
Side 14
... plantain , sugar - cane , grass , cocoa - nut , manioc , yams , sweet po- tato , Indian corn , ground - nut , & c . , go in streams to the market . The return of these crowds is , in con- 1 FRUITS AND VEGETABLES . 15 trast , utterly ...
... plantain , sugar - cane , grass , cocoa - nut , manioc , yams , sweet po- tato , Indian corn , ground - nut , & c . , go in streams to the market . The return of these crowds is , in con- 1 FRUITS AND VEGETABLES . 15 trast , utterly ...
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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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