A Walk Across Africa: Or, Domestic Scenes from My Nile JournalW. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 452 sider |
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Side xvii
... wooden musical instrument , having several strings . Nyanzig , or Gnans - gnans ; signifies " Thanks , thanks , " and is used as an expression by the Waganda . Nzowe ; a long - haired antelope , living amongst the papyrus rush on the ...
... wooden musical instrument , having several strings . Nyanzig , or Gnans - gnans ; signifies " Thanks , thanks , " and is used as an expression by the Waganda . Nzowe ; a long - haired antelope , living amongst the papyrus rush on the ...
Side 2
... woods , deepened the interest of Rio . As cholera raged in the town , several parties took steamer to the head of the bay , passing richly - foliaged islands in their course . Hence , forty miles of rail , through swamp and forest ...
... woods , deepened the interest of Rio . As cholera raged in the town , several parties took steamer to the head of the bay , passing richly - foliaged islands in their course . Hence , forty miles of rail , through swamp and forest ...
Side 7
... wooden pier of the island of Mozambique , an extinct coral formation . Here Speke and I were able to converse , in ... wood , which she sucked into her mouth most adeptly , in order to create a laugh and coquet for money . The cooks ...
... wooden pier of the island of Mozambique , an extinct coral formation . Here Speke and I were able to converse , in ... wood , which she sucked into her mouth most adeptly , in order to create a laugh and coquet for money . The cooks ...
Side 13
... wood six inches higher in front than behind , with heel - ropes so tight that the poor animals could hardly raise their feet ; many of their tails shaved to the bone , others snipped round with scissors ; not a sound one amongst them ...
... wood six inches higher in front than behind , with heel - ropes so tight that the poor animals could hardly raise their feet ; many of their tails shaved to the bone , others snipped round with scissors ; not a sound one amongst them ...
Side 31
... wooden boxes as tables ) , went and brought a cold grilled chicken , very small , and awkwardly flattened out . Though our hunger prompted us to accept the offer , we declined with many thanks . But , while sitting rather silently over ...
... wooden boxes as tables ) , went and brought a cold grilled chicken , very small , and awkwardly flattened out . Though our hunger prompted us to accept the offer , we declined with many thanks . But , while sitting rather silently over ...
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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