A Walk Across Africa: Or, Domestic Scenes from My Nile JournalW. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 452 sider |
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Side ix
... given in the above letter , coincided with my own views . The scenes and descriptions here recorded are from life - tran- scripts from my Journal made on the spot , without any reference to books , or any attempt at embellish- ment ...
... given in the above letter , coincided with my own views . The scenes and descriptions here recorded are from life - tran- scripts from my Journal made on the spot , without any reference to books , or any attempt at embellish- ment ...
Side xv
... , or Nyamæra ; a heartebeest antelope . Inteh ; the name for a cow at Karague . Jowari ; a grain , vide sorghum . Kousee ; the name given at Zanzibar to the south - east trade - winds . xvi EXPLANATION OF NAMES AND TERMS . Kivro ; a.
... , or Nyamæra ; a heartebeest antelope . Inteh ; the name for a cow at Karague . Jowari ; a grain , vide sorghum . Kousee ; the name given at Zanzibar to the south - east trade - winds . xvi EXPLANATION OF NAMES AND TERMS . Kivro ; a.
Side xvi
... given by some Waganda to the portion of the Vic- toria Nyanza where the Kitangule joins it . Looaleh ; the Uganda term for a supreme object or place of reverence . Manioc , or Manihot utilissima ; a bush which attains a height of seven ...
... given by some Waganda to the portion of the Vic- toria Nyanza where the Kitangule joins it . Looaleh ; the Uganda term for a supreme object or place of reverence . Manioc , or Manihot utilissima ; a bush which attains a height of seven ...
Side xvii
... given by Seedees to ripe plantain . Nurrowareh ; the name given to the Victoria Nyanza by some Wa- ganda . Nanga ; a wooden musical instrument , having several strings . Nyanzig , or Gnans - gnans ; signifies " Thanks , thanks , " and ...
... given by Seedees to ripe plantain . Nurrowareh ; the name given to the Victoria Nyanza by some Wa- ganda . Nanga ; a wooden musical instrument , having several strings . Nyanzig , or Gnans - gnans ; signifies " Thanks , thanks , " and ...
Side 11
... given in honour of our country — our ships return- ing each and all . Colonel Rigby , an officer of the Bombay army , H.M.'s Consul , entertained us with true Indian hospi- tality during the thirty - nine days of our stay ; and his ...
... given in honour of our country — our ships return- ing each and all . Colonel Rigby , an officer of the Bombay army , H.M.'s Consul , entertained us with true Indian hospi- tality during the thirty - nine days of our stay ; and his ...
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A Walk Across Africa Or Domestic Scenes from My Nile Journal Jam. Aug 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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African amongst animals antelope Arab arms arrival asked bank bark-cloth beads beautiful birds boat Bombay brought Budja called camels camp canoe Captain Speke carried cattle cloth colour covered cowries Crown Octavo dressed drums Edition feet Foolscap four fowls Frij goat Gondokoro gourd grain grass guns hair hands handsome head heard hills hippopotamus horns houses Indian ivory journey Kamarasi Karague Karuma Falls Khartoom Kidi killed king Kitangule lake leaves loads looking M'nanagee M'tessa Manua miles Moossah morning musquitoes natives neck never night Nile Octavo party placed plantain plundered porters present race rain river rocks round Rumanika Seedees seen sent shot skin slaves sorghum spears stream sultan sweet potato tall told Toorkees trees tusk Uganda Unyamuezi Unyanyembe Unyoro Victoria Nyanza village Waganda walked Wanyoro Watusi Watuta Wezee White Nile wild women wood yards Zanzibar