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Side 12
... vegetables , fruit , and dried fish ; little butcher - meat , but liquor - shops
abound , and water has to be purchased — the best quality being carried fully a
mile from a hot spring , which bubbles from under rock , and tastes unpleasantly
warm .
... vegetables , fruit , and dried fish ; little butcher - meat , but liquor - shops
abound , and water has to be purchased — the best quality being carried fully a
mile from a hot spring , which bubbles from under rock , and tastes unpleasantly
warm .
Side 26
... oozing from under rocks on the surface or from outcropping rock ; and there
was a pleasant confiding air of homeliness and repose in the people , so different
from those worthless races we had found such trouble in passing through .
... oozing from under rocks on the surface or from outcropping rock ; and there
was a pleasant confiding air of homeliness and repose in the people , so different
from those worthless races we had found such trouble in passing through .
Side 29
In Ugogo the wells were from 11 to 15 feet deep , of bluish clay upon rock , the
water nitrous , and nearly the price of beer . Sometimes , when there was no
water for thirty miles , a small quantity would be carried in gourds , where , from
the ...
In Ugogo the wells were from 11 to 15 feet deep , of bluish clay upon rock , the
water nitrous , and nearly the price of beer . Sometimes , when there was no
water for thirty miles , a small quantity would be carried in gourds , where , from
the ...
Side 35
There is a charm about the bark and spring of the startled saltatrix , a chamois -
sized antelope , or when seen standing proudly on the face of the shelving rock ,
that reminded us of the goorul or chamois of the Himalayas . Their fore - feet ...
There is a charm about the bark and spring of the startled saltatrix , a chamois -
sized antelope , or when seen standing proudly on the face of the shelving rock ,
that reminded us of the goorul or chamois of the Himalayas . Their fore - feet ...
Side 36
Shooting two of these amongst some rocks cost us twelve cloths , as I was told
that I had encroached on sacred ground . Rats , bugs , and musquitoes seldom
gave us trouble . During rain , frogs and crickets were deafening . Insects and
white ...
Shooting two of these amongst some rocks cost us twelve cloths , as I was told
that I had encroached on sacred ground . Rats , bugs , and musquitoes seldom
gave us trouble . During rain , frogs and crickets were deafening . Insects and
white ...
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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 |