Lake Victoria: A Narrative of Explorations in Search of the Source of the Nile. Comp. from the Memoirs of Captains Speke and GrantW. Blackwood and Sons, 1868 - 342 sider |
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... followed by a sudden and rapid discharge of musketry . As strict orders had been given that there should be no unnecessary firing , Speke went to see what was the matter , and found three men leading ponies quietly walk- ing into the ...
... followed by a sudden and rapid discharge of musketry . As strict orders had been given that there should be no unnecessary firing , Speke went to see what was the matter , and found three men leading ponies quietly walk- ing into the ...
Side 49
... followed for a short distance , then threw his spear like a javelin after him . Speke dodged it by stooping , and his pursuer gave up the chase . Still he had to run the gauntlet of about forty thieves , who all tried to cut off his ...
... followed for a short distance , then threw his spear like a javelin after him . Speke dodged it by stooping , and his pursuer gave up the chase . Still he had to run the gauntlet of about forty thieves , who all tried to cut off his ...
Side 50
... followed no longer . Fainting from loss of blood , he sat down on a mound of sand , picked open with his teeth the knots that bound his hands , and opened his breast to the pleasant sea - breeze of sunrise . The prospect , however , was ...
... followed no longer . Fainting from loss of blood , he sat down on a mound of sand , picked open with his teeth the knots that bound his hands , and opened his breast to the pleasant sea - breeze of sunrise . The prospect , however , was ...
Side 60
... followed the beaten track up the valley , and passed the Luangéra river , near its junction with the Pangani , by means of a tree thrown across it . This stream , though not broad , is deep and sullen , and seems to be infested with ...
... followed the beaten track up the valley , and passed the Luangéra river , near its junction with the Pangani , by means of a tree thrown across it . This stream , though not broad , is deep and sullen , and seems to be infested with ...
Side 62
... followed the course of the river down to Chogué . The valley , though varied , was generally con- tracted by the closing in of the rolling terminal abutments of the Tongué hill on the one side - with rising land almost joined to conical ...
... followed the course of the river down to Chogué . The valley , though varied , was generally con- tracted by the closing in of the rolling terminal abutments of the Tongué hill on the one side - with rising land almost joined to conical ...
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Lake Victoria: A Narrative of Explorations in Search of the Source of the ... George Carless Swayne,John Hanning Speke Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1868 |
Lake Victoria: A Narrative of Explorations in Search of the Source of the ... George Carless Swayne,John Hanning Speke Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1868 |
Lake Victoria: A Narrative of Explorations in Search of the Source of the Nile George Carless Swayne Ingen forhåndsvisning tilgjengelig - 2015 |
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