A Walk Across Africa: Or, Domestic Scenes from My Nile JournalW. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 452 sider |
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Side 2
... formed the chief occupation . A farewell waltz was danced on board ship , and the deck was like a brilliant May - day , crowded with ladies wearing gay sashes inscribed with the name of our good ship Forte . Our next fête was on the ...
... formed the chief occupation . A farewell waltz was danced on board ship , and the deck was like a brilliant May - day , crowded with ladies wearing gay sashes inscribed with the name of our good ship Forte . Our next fête was on the ...
Side 4
... formed the minority , when the question was put , sagely remarked that " It was nothing to them where the source of the Nile was ; every one knew it was south of the equator ; not a bad guess ! In the Governor's body - guard , when he ...
... formed the minority , when the question was put , sagely remarked that " It was nothing to them where the source of the Nile was ; every one knew it was south of the equator ; not a bad guess ! In the Governor's body - guard , when he ...
Side 7
... formation . Here Speke and I were able to converse , in their native tongue , with Indian traders living away from their wives and families , whom they had left behind in India . We saw an interesting sight at a ship - provisioner's ...
... formation . Here Speke and I were able to converse , in their native tongue , with Indian traders living away from their wives and families , whom they had left behind in India . We saw an interesting sight at a ship - provisioner's ...
Side 29
... formed the procession , the corporal carrying a hatchet and two sword - bayonets to extend the grave if necessary . Found only a grave one foot deep , and partly filled in with grass . Hatchets and bayonets were used , and we got a ...
... formed the procession , the corporal carrying a hatchet and two sword - bayonets to extend the grave if necessary . Found only a grave one foot deep , and partly filled in with grass . Hatchets and bayonets were used , and we got a ...
Side 37
... formed of an elastic bough , stripped of its branches , with the noose hung perpendicularly , neatly concealed and placed in an antelope - frequented track . Diminutive traps were 38 FISH - CATCHING . set for partridge , quail.
... formed of an elastic bough , stripped of its branches , with the noose hung perpendicularly , neatly concealed and placed in an antelope - frequented track . Diminutive traps were 38 FISH - CATCHING . set for partridge , quail.
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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