A Walk Across Africa: Or, Domestic Scenes from My Nile JournalW. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 452 sider |
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Side 2
... 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 , passing on the way ...
... 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 , passing on the way ...
Side 8
... head - dress was a black Highland bonnet with crest . On the 10th of August a slave - vessel , Sunny South or Manuella , was captured with upwards of 500 slaves on board , 75 of whom were women . The scene they presented of nakedness ...
... head - dress was a black Highland bonnet with crest . On the 10th of August a slave - vessel , Sunny South or Manuella , was captured with upwards of 500 slaves on board , 75 of whom were women . The scene they presented of nakedness ...
Side 13
... head , with nose - bags full of grain ; and the picture around them of domestic animals had much the appearance of a home farmyard . The climate of Zanzibar is very relaxing , owing to the humidity of the air , a great amount of rain ...
... head , with nose - bags full of grain ; and the picture around them of domestic animals had much the appearance of a home farmyard . The climate of Zanzibar is very relaxing , owing to the humidity of the air , a great amount of rain ...
Side 17
... who cleared the way for me to get near the two men . They squatted outside the fort wall with perfect composure , naked from head to foot , except a waistcloth ; neither B 18 DECAPITATION OF TWO MURDERERS . tied nor handcuffed ,
... who cleared the way for me to get near the two men . They squatted outside the fort wall with perfect composure , naked from head to foot , except a waistcloth ; neither B 18 DECAPITATION OF TWO MURDERERS . tied nor handcuffed ,
Side 19
... head , when , with one stroke , the back of his neck was cut to the vertebræ ; he fell forward , and lay breathing steadily , with his right cheek in his own blood , without a sound or struggle . The executioner , after wiping his sword ...
... head , when , with one stroke , the back of his neck was cut to the vertebræ ; he fell forward , and lay breathing steadily , with his right cheek in his own blood , without a sound or struggle . The executioner , after wiping his sword ...
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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