A Walk Across Africa: Or, Domestic Scenes from My Nile JournalW. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 452 sider |
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Side 51
... allowed half the milk , and Moossah had his half milked into his own clean vessels in the morning at eight o'clock . It took the milk of two cows to fill one good - sized tin teapot . A cow's value was four or five dollars , though a ...
... allowed half the milk , and Moossah had his half milked into his own clean vessels in the morning at eight o'clock . It took the milk of two cows to fill one good - sized tin teapot . A cow's value was four or five dollars , though a ...
Side 53
... allowed to tell his own story : - " I was one of five in charge of cattle ; the rebel himself killed three of us ; and as I never fight , but run , I threw away every- thing , and saved my life by coming here . " He had a very good ...
... allowed to tell his own story : - " I was one of five in charge of cattle ; the rebel himself killed three of us ; and as I never fight , but run , I threw away every- thing , and saved my life by coming here . " He had a very good ...
Side 62
... allowed to crawl over the ground . They do not attain a great growth . Grain is housed under the eaves of stack - shaped huts , or a clustered mass of Indian corn may be seen sus- pended from the bough of a tree , as exhibited in the ...
... allowed to crawl over the ground . They do not attain a great growth . Grain is housed under the eaves of stack - shaped huts , or a clustered mass of Indian corn may be seen sus- pended from the bough of a tree , as exhibited in the ...
Side 63
... allowed to smoke and smoulder in the centre of their fold . It was amusing to watch how each animal took up its nightly position , never altering it , and thoroughly enjoying the smoke , which prevented it from being annoyed by insects ...
... allowed to smoke and smoulder in the centre of their fold . It was amusing to watch how each animal took up its nightly position , never altering it , and thoroughly enjoying the smoke , which prevented it from being annoyed by insects ...
Side 85
... allowed to cool , and was drunk , without filtration , in a fermenting state , out of bowls neatly made of grass by the women . With honey added it was tolerable , but without it the beverage was coarse and heady to a stranger . Our men ...
... allowed to cool , and was drunk , without filtration , in a fermenting state , out of bowls neatly made of grass by the women . With honey added it was tolerable , but without it the beverage was coarse and heady to a stranger . Our men ...
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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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Africa amongst animals antelope appeared Arab arms arrival asked bank bark-cloth beads beautiful Berber birds Blue Nile boat Bombay brought Budja called camels camp canoe Captain Speke carried cattle cloth colour covered cowries Crown Octavo dressed drums Edition Faloro feet four fowls Frij goats Gondokoro grain grass guns hands handsome head heard hills horns houses iron ivory journey Kamarasi Karague Karuma Falls Khartoom Kidi killed king lake leaves looked M'tessa Madi Manua Mariboo miles morning musquitoes natives never night Nile Nyanza party passed placed plantain plundered porters present race rain river rocks round Rumanika sand Seedees seen sent shot skin slaves sorghum spears stream sultan sweet potato tall told Toorkees traveller trees Turks tusks Uganda Unyamuezi Unyoro Victoria Nyanza village Waganda walked Wanyoro Watusi Wezee White Nile wild women wood yards Zanzibar