A Walk Across Africa: Or, Domestic Scenes from My Nile JournalW. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 452 sider |
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... took steamer to the head of the bay , 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 ...
... took steamer to the head of the bay , 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 ...
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... took me to the spot . The ménage consisted of some forty horses and mares of Arab blood - twenty of them packed so close in line under a long shed that it would have defied any one of them to lie down . They stood upon an incline of ...
... took me to the spot . The ménage consisted of some forty horses and mares of Arab blood - twenty of them packed so close in line under a long shed that it would have defied any one of them to lie down . They stood upon an incline of ...
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... took his place , drew his sword , weighed it in his hand , threw up his sleeves , and slipped his feet out of his shoes , while the dense mass all seemed breathless . The executioner was a small man , respectably dressed , looking like ...
... took his place , drew his sword , weighed it in his hand , threw up his sleeves , and slipped his feet out of his shoes , while the dense mass all seemed breathless . The executioner was a small man , respectably dressed , looking like ...
Side 23
... took us all the months of October , November , December , and twenty - five days of January , struggling against the caprices of our followers , the difficulties of the countries passed through , and the final desertion of our porters ...
... took us all the months of October , November , December , and twenty - five days of January , struggling against the caprices of our followers , the difficulties of the countries passed through , and the final desertion of our porters ...
Side 24
... took several days to the confer- ence , as the sultan would be reported absent , or , more often , tipsy . However , once settled , if no porters absconded , we were free to proceed on our journey . I may here remark that nothing can ...
... took several days to the confer- ence , as the sultan would be reported absent , or , more often , tipsy . However , once settled , if no porters absconded , we were free to proceed on our journey . I may here remark that nothing can ...
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