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Side 24
When the captain put down his load for as many minutes as he thought
necessary , the rest , a gang of naked , woolly - haired negroes , with only an airy
covering of goat - skin in front , would also stop and refresh themselves with
pipes , snuff ...
When the captain put down his load for as many minutes as he thought
necessary , the rest , a gang of naked , woolly - haired negroes , with only an airy
covering of goat - skin in front , would also stop and refresh themselves with
pipes , snuff ...
Side 26
At night , feeling quite secure from attack , we 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 ...
At night , feeling quite secure from attack , we 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 ...
Side 27
... and covering the knuckle . Rahan shrank at first from it , crying out most lustily ,
and abusing us and Baraka for having brought this misfortune upon him . At last
he said , “ Go on : do it . ” When half through , he pulled away his hand , and ...
... and covering the knuckle . Rahan shrank at first from it , crying out most lustily ,
and abusing us and Baraka for having brought this misfortune upon him . At last
he said , “ Go on : do it . ” When half through , he pulled away his hand , and ...
Side 30
Men with small axes cut down the forest ; the trees and rubbish are burned ; the
long - handled iron hoe , chiefly in the hands of the women , turns over the light
soil ; and the seed is dropped into a hole made by the woman ' s toe , and
covered ...
Men with small axes cut down the forest ; the trees and rubbish are burned ; the
long - handled iron hoe , chiefly in the hands of the women , turns over the light
soil ; and the seed is dropped into a hole made by the woman ' s toe , and
covered ...
Side 37
The former are cut like a wedge , most disagreeable to look down upon , eight
feet deep , and but one foot across the top , which is coyly covered over . The
nooses were formed of an elastic bough , stripped of its branches , with the noose
...
The former are cut like a wedge , most disagreeable to look down upon , eight
feet deep , and but one foot across the top , which is coyly covered over . The
nooses were formed of an elastic bough , stripped of its branches , with the noose
...
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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 |
A Walk Across Africa: Or, Domestic Scenes from My Nile Journal James Augustus Grant Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1864 |
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Bibliografisk informasjon
| Tittel | A Walk Across Africa: Or, Domestic Scenes from My Nile Journal |
| Forfatter | James Augustus Grant |
| Utgiver | W. Blackwood and sons, 1864 |
| Original fra | Harvard University |
| Digitalisert | 30. aug 2007 |
| Lengde | 452 sider |
| Eksporter sitat | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |