A Walk Across Africa: Or, Domestic Scenes from My Nile JournalW. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 452 sider |
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Side ix
... once accepted ; and it is now a melancholy satisfaction to think that not a shade of jealousy or distrust , or even ill - temper , ever came between us during our wander- ings and intercourse . The advice of my friend , as given in the ...
... once accepted ; and it is now a melancholy satisfaction to think that not a shade of jealousy or distrust , or even ill - temper , ever came between us during our wander- ings and intercourse . The advice of my friend , as given in the ...
Side 16
... once and a half round . As the tusk increases in size , a corresponding rise takes place in its value per lb. Tortoise - shell fetched 15s . per lb .; for hippopotamus ivory there was then no demand in Europe . Several stirring events ...
... once and a half round . As the tusk increases in size , a corresponding rise takes place in its value per lb. Tortoise - shell fetched 15s . per lb .; for hippopotamus ivory there was then no demand in Europe . Several stirring events ...
Side 18
... once saw through the timidity of the Sultan , and said , as the sentence had been passed weeks ago , he could give no orders about it . Returning to the place of execution , where both men still sat , we found the mob had increased . An ...
... once saw through the timidity of the Sultan , and said , as the sentence had been passed weeks ago , he could give no orders about it . Returning to the place of execution , where both men still sat , we found the mob had increased . An ...
Side 19
... once took his place , drew his sword , weighed it in his hand , threw up his sleeves , and slipped his feet out of his shoes , while the dense mass all seemed breathless . The executioner was a small man , respectably dressed , looking ...
... once took his place , drew his sword , weighed it in his hand , threw up his sleeves , and slipped his feet out of his shoes , while the dense mass all seemed breathless . The executioner was a small man , respectably dressed , looking ...
Side 24
... Once camped , and the loads stacked amidst cries of " Bomah ! " or ring - fence , and " Posho ! " or food , the first concern with every one was to receive his day's wages , consisting of either a portion of cloth or one necklace of ...
... Once camped , and the loads stacked amidst cries of " Bomah ! " or ring - fence , and " Posho ! " or food , the first concern with every one was to receive his day's wages , consisting of either a portion of cloth or one necklace of ...
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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