A Walk Across Africa: Or, Domestic Scenes from My Nile JournalW. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 452 sider |
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Side xviii
... plundering , restless race , supposed to be a branch from the Zulu Kaffirs of the Cape . They have spread as far north at 32 ° south latitude . Wezee ; a short expression for the people who live in Unyamuezi . Wazoongoo ; the term ...
... plundering , restless race , supposed to be a branch from the Zulu Kaffirs of the Cape . They have spread as far north at 32 ° south latitude . Wezee ; a short expression for the people who live in Unyamuezi . Wazoongoo ; the term ...
Side 53
... plunder : he was left unprotected ; and being old and too proud to run like his slaves , he fell a victim . After this severe defeat many plans were proposed for affording relief . " The single cannon must be sent in the morning ...
... plunder : he was left unprotected ; and being old and too proud to run like his slaves , he fell a victim . After this severe defeat many plans were proposed for affording relief . " The single cannon must be sent in the morning ...
Side 57
... plundering Wa- tuta race were on the wing . The villages to the north were busy making defences , or a report had reached them that the Arabs had killed two of their clan ; how , therefore , could they take service with us , who might ...
... plundering Wa- tuta race were on the wing . The villages to the north were busy making defences , or a report had reached them that the Arabs had killed two of their clan ; how , therefore , could they take service with us , who might ...
Side 63
... plundering propensities of the wandering Watuta race . Milk sometimes cost three strings of beads per pint ; twelve measures of rice , one fathom of calico ; sweet potatoes were one - tenth of the price they brought at Zanzibar ; a ...
... plundering propensities of the wandering Watuta race . Milk sometimes cost three strings of beads per pint ; twelve measures of rice , one fathom of calico ; sweet potatoes were one - tenth of the price they brought at Zanzibar ; a ...
Side 71
... plunder cattle from the villages ; but after fighting against the sul- tan for five days and losing three men , they left , not being able to make way against the muskets of a See- dee named Sirboko . We lived for some days with this ...
... plunder cattle from the villages ; but after fighting against the sul- tan for five days and losing three men , they left , not being able to make way against the muskets of a See- dee named Sirboko . We lived for some days with this ...
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