A Walk Across Africa: Or, Domestic Scenes from My Nile JournalW. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 452 sider |
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Side 54
... give him shelter ; he'll be found ; " and so he was , rifle and bayonet untouched . All the natives were Hywans - that is , unable to count , write , or tell their own ages . Some practised medicine , giving one of our men , who ...
... give him shelter ; he'll be found ; " and so he was , rifle and bayonet untouched . All the natives were Hywans - that is , unable to count , write , or tell their own ages . Some practised medicine , giving one of our men , who ...
Side 56
... give as many cheetah ( leopard ) skins as you like . The Wa- humah of Karague have the most enormous arms , bodies , and legs ; cannot walk ; always rest on their elbows and knees ; hands and feet very small ; good noses and fair skins ...
... give as many cheetah ( leopard ) skins as you like . The Wa- humah of Karague have the most enormous arms , bodies , and legs ; cannot walk ; always rest on their elbows and knees ; hands and feet very small ; good noses and fair skins ...
Side 65
... give a flanking fire of arrows . Outside , opposite the only entry of one village , an old hoe was stuck on a mound , and protected by an awning of bark cloth : we were told this was to repel the evil eye . Το give a general idea of ...
... give a flanking fire of arrows . Outside , opposite the only entry of one village , an old hoe was stuck on a mound , and protected by an awning of bark cloth : we were told this was to repel the evil eye . Το give a general idea of ...
Side 67
... A description of one of the sultans will suffice to give a general impression of the appearance , manners , customs , & c . , of the three Wezee clans we had passed 68 UNYAMUEZI SULTAN . through , keeping in mind that.
... A description of one of the sultans will suffice to give a general impression of the appearance , manners , customs , & c . , of the three Wezee clans we had passed 68 UNYAMUEZI SULTAN . through , keeping in mind that.
Side 74
... give them some pre- sent . Little satisfied them ; and though we had all our kit without lock or key , we never suffered loss by theft in a Wezee village . At Sirboko's , thieves came one night , were caught , beaten , and dismissed ...
... give them some pre- sent . Little satisfied them ; and though we had all our kit without lock or key , we never suffered loss by theft in a Wezee village . At Sirboko's , thieves came one night , were caught , beaten , and dismissed ...
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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