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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... spear and shield on the hill - sides of the crater of Aden , and the same battles were afterwards car- ried on by means of sticks and stones . There were , in con- sequence , few of the men who did not bear scars , some of them so deep ...
... spear and shield on the hill - sides of the crater of Aden , and the same battles were afterwards car- ried on by means of sticks and stones . There were , in con- sequence , few of the men who did not bear scars , some of them so deep ...
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... spears and bows , and saying they would kill him . At this disagreeable crisis the sultan's eldest son , Mohammed Aul , arrived , and rebuked his younger brother and the rest of the party into decent behaviour . The day after this scene ...
... spears and bows , and saying they would kill him . At this disagreeable crisis the sultan's eldest son , Mohammed Aul , arrived , and rebuked his younger brother and the rest of the party into decent behaviour . The day after this scene ...
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... spears and bows . Ostriches , again , are killed either by poisonous herbs thrown in their haunts , or by being ridden down , which is a more difficult operation . The ostrich is known to be a shy bird , and so blind at night that it ...
... spears and bows . Ostriches , again , are killed either by poisonous herbs thrown in their haunts , or by being ridden down , which is a more difficult operation . The ostrich is known to be a shy bird , and so blind at night that it ...
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... spear and bow , who tended them and looked after the loads . Outside these again were squads of armed guards mounted on ponies . There were about 3000 people in this caravan alone , as many head . of cattle , and 500 or more slaves all ...
... spear and bow , who tended them and looked after the loads . Outside these again were squads of armed guards mounted on ponies . There were about 3000 people in this caravan alone , as many head . of cattle , and 500 or more slaves all ...
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... spears , as if anxious for the honour of drawing the white man's blood , but overawed by the presence of the captain . Speke was now becoming very weak and faint , and scarcely able to breathe ; for his whole frame had been stunned to ...
... spears , as if anxious for the honour of drawing the white man's blood , but overawed by the presence of the captain . Speke was now becoming very weak and faint , and scarcely able to breathe ; for his whole frame had been stunned to ...
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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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