A Walk Across Africa: Or, Domestic Scenes from My Nile JournalW. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 452 sider |
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Side 96
... present from me . He so far forgot himself as to seize two cases of ammunition and a gun , and drove my porters out of the village with his stick . Poor old man ! some cloth and beads sent the following day softened his anger , and my ...
... present from me . He so far forgot himself as to seize two cases of ammunition and a gun , and drove my porters out of the village with his stick . Poor old man ! some cloth and beads sent the following day softened his anger , and my ...
Side 104
... present to preserve order , and to prevent , as much as possible , the use of spears or arrows in their antics . On the arrival of a distinguished guest , such as the son of the sultan , who owned a neighbouring village , a roll from ...
... present to preserve order , and to prevent , as much as possible , the use of spears or arrows in their antics . On the arrival of a distinguished guest , such as the son of the sultan , who owned a neighbouring village , a roll from ...
Side 112
... present . One says , ' My wife is ill ; I return my hire : ' another , ' My father and mother won't allow me to accompany you . ' I chastise him ; he puts himself under the protection of the sultan , and bolts , leaving his hire of ...
... present . One says , ' My wife is ill ; I return my hire : ' another , ' My father and mother won't allow me to accompany you . ' I chastise him ; he puts himself under the protection of the sultan , and bolts , leaving his hire of ...
Side 113
... present , but on consulting my men , we all agreed that as he had already got eight fathoms of cloth , a large quantity of beads , some gunpowder , and had lost four cows placed in his charge , no more was necessary for him . At this ...
... present , but on consulting my men , we all agreed that as he had already got eight fathoms of cloth , a large quantity of beads , some gunpowder , and had lost four cows placed in his charge , no more was necessary for him . At this ...
Side 115
... present should be made to him , his ' soldiers ' were told this ; but , at the turn to their master's village , they planted their spears in defiance , and dared us to proceed by any but their way . We laughed at them , and held on our ...
... present should be made to him , his ' soldiers ' were told this ; but , at the turn to their master's village , they planted their spears in defiance , and dared us to proceed by any but their way . We laughed at them , and held on our ...
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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