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Side 12
Goats , carved doors , beds , knives swords , & c . , are all paraded up and down ,
and their prices shouted out . The market for human beings is a triangular space
surrounded by rickety huts , thatched with cocoa - nut leaves ; and the parties of ...
Goats , carved doors , beds , knives swords , & c . , are all paraded up and down ,
and their prices shouted out . The market for human beings is a triangular space
surrounded by rickety huts , thatched with cocoa - nut leaves ; and the parties of ...
Side 16
Goats , when castrated and stall - fed , become very heavy , and their meat is
considered a great delicacy by the Arabs . Trade has considerably increased at
Zanzibar . The shipping consists chiefly of large native craft — thirty to forty from ...
Goats , when castrated and stall - fed , become very heavy , and their meat is
considered a great delicacy by the Arabs . Trade has considerably increased at
Zanzibar . The shipping consists chiefly of large native craft — thirty to forty from ...
Side 23
... Five other privates sent back sick ; About thirty Seedees deserted ; One
discharged ; 113 porters deserted ; Eleven mules and two donkeys dead ; Fifteen
out of twenty goats stolen ; and Our native commandant , the Sheikh , hors de
combat .
... Five other privates sent back sick ; About thirty Seedees deserted ; One
discharged ; 113 porters deserted ; Eleven mules and two donkeys dead ; Fifteen
out of twenty goats stolen ; and Our native commandant , the Sheikh , hors de
combat .
Side 31
Fowls , eggs , and goats were occasionally brought into camp to be bartered for
cloth , tobacco , or beads , as there was not a coincopper , silver , or gold — that
they would take in exchange for their produce . We met with no cattle , except ...
Fowls , eggs , and goats were occasionally brought into camp to be bartered for
cloth , tobacco , or beads , as there was not a coincopper , silver , or gold — that
they would take in exchange for their produce . We met with no cattle , except ...
Side 47
All the cattle and goats in the country seemed to have found their way into the
folds of the Arabs , and had been captured in a war still going on between them
and the native population . The surrounding country is devoid of game , but within
a ...
All the cattle and goats in the country seemed to have found their way into the
folds of the Arabs , and had been captured in a war still going on between them
and the native population . The surrounding country is devoid of game , but within
a ...
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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 |