A Walk Across Africa: Or, Domestic Scenes from My Nile JournalW. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 452 sider |
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Side 13
... yard upon sand , and tied loosely by the 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 ...
... yard upon sand , and tied loosely by the 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 ...
Side 18
... , and mob , we pushed on for a dozen yards , and stopped in an open space where some cows were lying . A twig of grass pinioned each man , and they were made to sit on the ground , EXECUTION SCENE . 19 speaking calmly , while the crowd.
... , and mob , we pushed on for a dozen yards , and stopped in an open space where some cows were lying . A twig of grass pinioned each man , and they were made to sit on the ground , EXECUTION SCENE . 19 speaking calmly , while the crowd.
Side 19
... yards apart , one slightly in advance of the other . The foremost was then ordered to bend his 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 ...
... yards apart , one slightly in advance of the other . The foremost was then ordered to bend his 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 ...
Side 29
... yards across , with steep clay banks 16 feet above the water , and winding so much that no steamer could make its sharp turns . Canoes ferried it . One well , or puddle , a short distance from this river , made our plated spoons quite ...
... yards across , with steep clay banks 16 feet above the water , and winding so much that no steamer could make its sharp turns . Canoes ferried it . One well , or puddle , a short distance from this river , made our plated spoons quite ...
Side 31
... yards cotton stuff . Small bandy - legged brindled dogs followed the Wagogo . Food was not abundant . As it was the dry season , we had to trust to chance and our rifles . One night our entire dinner consisted of two ears of Indian corn ...
... yards cotton stuff . Small bandy - legged brindled dogs followed the Wagogo . Food was not abundant . As it was the dry season , we had to trust to chance and our rifles . One night our entire dinner consisted of two ears of Indian corn ...
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A Walk Across Africa: Or, Domestic Scenes from My Nile Journal James Augustus Grant Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1864 |
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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