A Walk Across Africa: Or, Domestic Scenes from My Nile JournalW. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 452 sider |
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Side 31
... brought into camp to be bartered for cloth , tobacco , or beads , as there was not a coin- copper , silver , or gold - that they would take in ex- change for their produce . We met with no cattle , except those collected for export at ...
... brought into camp to be bartered for cloth , tobacco , or beads , as there was not a coin- copper , silver , or gold - that they would take in ex- change for their produce . We met with no cattle , except those collected for export at ...
Side 34
... brought for preservation , I found that the Wezee porters had cut the ears off , and were already frizzling them for dinner . The hairs of the tail are so stiff , thick , long , and such a hand- some black , that the natives value them ...
... brought for preservation , I found that the Wezee porters had cut the ears off , and were already frizzling them for dinner . The hairs of the tail are so stiff , thick , long , and such a hand- some black , that the natives value them ...
Side 41
... brought music out of a stringed bow attached to a gourd as sounding - board . We were so mobbed by the people in camp that a ring of rope had to be placed round our tents ; but this only increased their inquisitiveness . When told to go ...
... brought music out of a stringed bow attached to a gourd as sounding - board . We were so mobbed by the people in camp that a ring of rope had to be placed round our tents ; but this only increased their inquisitiveness . When told to go ...
Side 49
... rejoicing ; the infant was brought to show its sex : and when one died , the shrill laments of the women were heard all night long . When a child misbehaved , we white men were pointed D 50 MOOSSAH'S HEAD KEEPER . at to frighten it ,
... rejoicing ; the infant was brought to show its sex : and when one died , the shrill laments of the women were heard all night long . When a child misbehaved , we white men were pointed D 50 MOOSSAH'S HEAD KEEPER . at to frighten it ,
Side 53
... brought us by a man who may be allowed to tell his own story : - " I was one of five in charge of cattle ; the rebel himself killed three of us ; and as I never fight , but run , I threw away every- thing , and saved my life by coming ...
... brought us by a man who may be allowed to tell his own story : - " I was one of five in charge of cattle ; the rebel himself killed three of us ; and as I never fight , but run , I threw away every- thing , and saved my life by coming ...
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A Walk Across Africa Or Domestic Scenes from My Nile Journal Jam. Aug Grant Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1864 |
A Walk Across Africa: Or, Domestic Scenes from My Nile Journal James Augustus Grant Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1864 |
A Walk Across Africa: Or, Domestic Scenes from My Nile Journal James Augustus Grant Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1864 |
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Africa amongst animals antelope appeared Arab arms arrival asked bank bark-cloth beads beautiful Berber birds Blue Nile boat Bombay brought Budja called camels camp canoe Captain Speke carried cattle cloth colour covered cowries Crown Octavo dressed drums Edition Faloro feet four fowls Frij goats Gondokoro grain grass guns hands handsome head heard hills horns houses iron ivory journey Kamarasi Karague Karuma Falls Khartoom Kidi killed king lake leaves looked M'tessa Madi Manua Mariboo miles morning musquitoes natives never night Nile Nyanza party passed placed plantain plundered porters present race rain river rocks round Rumanika sand Seedees seen sent shot skin slaves sorghum spears stream sultan sweet potato tall told Toorkees traveller trees Turks tusks Uganda Unyamuezi Unyoro Victoria Nyanza village Waganda walked Wanyoro Watusi Wezee White Nile wild women wood yards Zanzibar