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Side xxxiv
... Keneh having ridden on to an- nounce the glad tidings to my mother ; and the Ulema actually sent the religious flags to decorate her house and meet us . The sakkas ( water - carriers ) had sprinkled a path for us from the river's bank ...
... Keneh having ridden on to an- nounce the glad tidings to my mother ; and the Ulema actually sent the religious flags to decorate her house and meet us . The sakkas ( water - carriers ) had sprinkled a path for us from the river's bank ...
Side xxxvi
... Keneh , and then sail back . But the Urania had not arrived , and we were much disappointed at having to give up our proposed trip , when a Nubian trader , who had heard from our crew that the " Sitt el Kebeer wished for a boat , came ...
... Keneh , and then sail back . But the Urania had not arrived , and we were much disappointed at having to give up our proposed trip , when a Nubian trader , who had heard from our crew that the " Sitt el Kebeer wished for a boat , came ...
Side xxxvii
... Keneh in the steamer , towing the boat behind us . Half the population of Luxor came to say good - bye , and every one brought a present . One had a chicken , another eggs , another milk and butter ; one had baked specially during the ...
... Keneh in the steamer , towing the boat behind us . Half the population of Luxor came to say good - bye , and every one brought a present . One had a chicken , another eggs , another milk and butter ; one had baked specially during the ...
Side xxxviii
... Keneh , and sent it back by my mother . He At Keneh , the Maohn sent his donkey splen- didly caparisoned , with a sais , for my mother , and insisted on giving us an entertainment . First a dinner , excellent but endless , and ...
... Keneh , and sent it back by my mother . He At Keneh , the Maohn sent his donkey splen- didly caparisoned , with a sais , for my mother , and insisted on giving us an entertainment . First a dinner , excellent but endless , and ...
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... Keneh , which we reached early in the morning , and I found my well- known donkey - boys putting my saddle on . The father of one , and the two brothers of the other , were gone to work on the railway for sixty days ' forced labour ...
... Keneh , which we reached early in the morning , and I found my well- known donkey - boys putting my saddle on . The father of one , and the two brothers of the other , were gone to work on the railway for sixty days ' forced labour ...
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Ababdeh Achmet Algoa Bay Allah amused Arab asked baby beautiful better boat BOULAK bread cabin Caffre Cairo Caledon Cape Capetown Choslullah Christian clothes cold coloured cook Copt Crown 8vo Darfoor delight dinner dragoman drink Dutch Edition Eerste River England English Esher eyes fcap fear feel fellow French friends gave German Girgeh girl handsome hareem Hassan hear heard Heinrich Heine hope horses Hottentot Keneh lady laughed look lovely Luxor Mabrook Malay Maohn married Mashallah Mohammed morning mother mountain Mozambique Muslims never nice night Nile Nubia Omar Paarl Pasha piastres poor pretty Reis river sent servant Sheykh Yussuf ship Simon's Bay slave sort steamer talk tell THEBES thee things thou to-day told Ulema village weather Weybridge wife wind woman women yesterday young
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Side 26 - HISTORICAL OUTLINES OF ENGLISH ACCIDENCE, comprising Chapters on the History and Development of the Language, and on Word-formation.
Side 11 - Macmillan (Rev. Hugh). — For other Works by same Author, see THEOLOGICAL and SCIENTIFIC CATALOGUES. HOLIDAYS ON HIGH LANDS ; or, Rambles and Incidents in search of Alpine Plants. Second Edition, revised and enlarged. Globe 8vo.
Side 19 - Wilson. — A MEMOIR OF GEORGE WILSON, MD, FRSE, Regius Professor of Technology in the University of Edinburgh. By his SISTER. New Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s.
Side 27 - TAYLOR— WORDS AND PLACES; or, Etymological Illustrations of History, Ethnology, and Geography. By the Rev. ISAAC TAYLOR, MA Third and cheaper Edition, revised and compressed. With Maps. Globe 8vo. 6s.
Side 9 - THEOPHRASTUS— THE CHARACTERS OF THEOPHRASTUS. An English Translation from a Revised Text. With Introduction and Notes. By RC JEBB, MA, Professor of Greek in the University of Glasgow. Extra fcap. 8vo. 6s. 6d.
Side 2 - THE ALBERT N'YANZA Great Basin of the Nile, and Exploration of the Nile Sources.
Side 26 - Helfenstein (James).— A COMPARATIVE GRAMMAR OF THE TEUTONIC LANGUAGES : Being at the same time a Historical Grammar of the English Language, and comprising Gothic, Anglo-Saxon, Early English, Modern English, Icelandic (Old Norse), Danish, Swedish, Old High German, Middle High German, Modern German, Old Saxon, Old Frisian, and Dutch. By JAMES HELFENSTEIN, Ph.D. 8vo. 18*.
Side 15 - Patteson' s own letters. Aware that he had left his home once and for all, his correspondence took the form of a diary, and as we read on we come to know the man, and to love him almost as if we had seen him.