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 |
Inni boken
Resultat 1-5 av 50
Side 8
... formed in the Arab settlement of Kazé . From Speke's description , no region , from its fertility and re- sources , appears better suited for a base of future opera- tions than that about Ujiji on the Tanganyika Lake . Supposing such a ...
... formed in the Arab settlement of Kazé . From Speke's description , no region , from its fertility and re- sources , appears better suited for a base of future opera- tions than that about Ujiji on the Tanganyika Lake . Supposing such a ...
Side 9
... forming a sort of southern Nile springing from the same reservoir as the northern . But , in the present state of facts , such specula- tions are simply amusing . When every corner of the country is known , and every principal source of ...
... forming a sort of southern Nile springing from the same reservoir as the northern . But , in the present state of facts , such specula- tions are simply amusing . When every corner of the country is known , and every principal source of ...
Side 15
... formed the idea of exploring Equatorial Africa . His only object at first was to complete a museum of natural his- tory that he had formed at his father's house , principally from specimens collected on the slopes of the Himalayas , and ...
... formed the idea of exploring Equatorial Africa . His only object at first was to complete a museum of natural his- tory that he had formed at his father's house , principally from specimens collected on the slopes of the Himalayas , and ...
Side 19
... and stony . The prevailing formation is limestone of the purity and whiteness of marble . Here the Somali nomads are only enabled to keep cattle by following about the 20 20 ORIGIN OF THE SOMALI . latest partial falls.
... and stony . The prevailing formation is limestone of the purity and whiteness of marble . Here the Somali nomads are only enabled to keep cattle by following about the 20 20 ORIGIN OF THE SOMALI . latest partial falls.
Side 26
... formed one of the buttresses of the mountain , and the tent was pitched for the first and last time during the journey at the end of a three days ' march , which ought to have occupied only one . The higher the hill was ascended , the ...
... formed one of the buttresses of the mountain , and the tent was pitched for the first and last time during the journey at the end of a three days ' march , which ought to have occupied only one . The higher the hill was ascended , the ...
Andre utgaver - Vis alle
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 |
Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
antelope appeared Arabs arms arrived beads beautiful Beluches Berbera birds boats Bombay brought Budja buffaloes called camp canoe caravan carried cattle chief cloth coast colour court covered cows Crown 8vo Dagara dressed drums Edition elephants escort expedition Fcap feet Gani gave goats Gondokoro grass hands hartebeest head heard hills hippopotami horn huts journey Kamrasi Karagué Karuma Falls Kazé Kidi killed king of Uganda king's Kingani Kitangulé lake land looked Manua mbugu miles Mtésa natives night Nile officers palace party passed Petherick plantain pombé porters present rhinoceros river round royal Rumanika Seedis seemed seen sent shot side skin Somali spears Speke Speke and Grant sultan Suwarora tion took trees Uganda Ugogo Ujiji Unyamuézi Unyoro Usui valley Victoria Nyanza village vols Waganda Wahuma Wakungu walked Wanguana Wanyoro Watusi white rhinoceros women wore Zanzibar
Populære avsnitt
Side 15 - The Moor and the Loch. Containing Minute Instructions in all Highland Sports, with Wanderings over Crag and Corrie, Flood and Fell. By JOHN COLQUHOUN.
Side 12 - STEPHENS. The Book of the Farm ; detailing the Labours of the Farmer, Farm-Steward, Ploughman, Shepherd, Hedger, Farm-Labourer, FieldWorker, and Cattleman.
Side 18 - The Fatherhood of God, Considered in its General and Special Aspects, and particularly in relation to the Atonement, with a Review of Recent Speculations on the Subject.
Side 16 - TULLOCH. Rational Theology and Christian Philosophy in England in the Seventeenth Century. By JOHN TULLOCH, DD, Principal of St Mary's College in the University of St Andrews ; and one of her Majesty's Chaplains in Ordinary in Scotland. Second Edition. 2 vols.
Side 11 - The Geology of Pennsylvania. A Government survey, with a general view of the Geology of the United States, Essays on the Coal Formation and its Fossils, and a description of the Coal Fields of North America and Great Britain.
Side 17 - HAMILTON. Lectures on Metaphysics. By Sir WILLIAM HAMILTON, Bart. , Professor of Logic and Metaphysics in the University of Edinburgh. Edited by the Rev. HL MANSEL, BD, LL.D., Dean of St Paul's ; and JOHN VEITCH, MA, Professor of Logic and Rhetoric, Glasgow.
Side 12 - Plates, Maps and Plans of all the important Countries and Localities referred to by Classical Authors, constructed from the best materials, and embodying the results of the most recent investigations...
Side 4 - THE NATIONAL CHARACTER OF THE ATHENIANS. By JOHN BROWN PATTERSON. Edited from the Author's revision, by PROFESSOR PILLANS, of the University of Edinburgh. With a Sketch of his Life. Crown 8vo, 4s.
Side 3 - OF ALISON'S HISTORY OF EUROPE, From the Fall of Napoleon to the Accession of Louis Napoleon.
Side 2 - BOSCOBEL TRACTS. Relating to the Escape of Charles the Second after the Battle of Worcester, and his subsequent Adventures. Edited by J. HUGHES, Esq., AM A New Edition, with additional Notes and Illustrations, including Communications from the Rev. R H. BARHAM, Author of the