A Walk Across Africa: Or, Domestic Scenes from My Nile JournalW. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 452 sider |
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Side vii
... traveller ; but further details as to the ordinary life and pursuits , the habits and feelings of the natives , and the products of the country , appeared likely to possess a certain degree of interest , if not of value . This opinion ...
... traveller ; but further details as to the ordinary life and pursuits , the habits and feelings of the natives , and the products of the country , appeared likely to possess a certain degree of interest , if not of value . This opinion ...
Side xv
... traveller , called M'seegwah and M'tembeh by natives , who make necklaces of its seeds . Florikan or floriken ; a bird of the bustard family , found in cultivated open places . Gonjeh ; the name which the Seedees apply to the otter ...
... traveller , called M'seegwah and M'tembeh by natives , who make necklaces of its seeds . Florikan or floriken ; a bird of the bustard family , found in cultivated open places . Gonjeh ; the name which the Seedees apply to the otter ...
Side xviii
... travellers on account of its extortionate sultan . Verembe ; the expression used by natives of Karague when they meet . It corresponds with our " How do you do ? " Vitokeh ; plantain - trees are called by this name in Uganda . Watuta ...
... travellers on account of its extortionate sultan . Verembe ; the expression used by natives of Karague when they meet . It corresponds with our " How do you do ? " Vitokeh ; plantain - trees are called by this name in Uganda . Watuta ...
Side 25
... travellers , who were forced to pay whatever tax was demanded without reference to any scale . The aristocrats or chiefs lived in no greater luxury than the poor , although they had a revenue from fines , taxes , a tusk of every ...
... travellers , who were forced to pay whatever tax was demanded without reference to any scale . The aristocrats or chiefs lived in no greater luxury than the poor , although they had a revenue from fines , taxes , a tusk of every ...
Side 29
... traveller , and always ready - witted , relieved the minds of the Tots by telling them that a well would be dug after the camp had settled down a bit , which literally was the case . While near the Kingani - a true African - looking ...
... traveller , and always ready - witted , relieved the minds of the Tots by telling them that a well would be dug after the camp had settled down a bit , which literally was the case . While near the Kingani - a true African - looking ...
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