A Walk Across Africa: Or, Domestic Scenes from My Nile JournalW. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 452 sider |
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Side 33
... took to be her dying cries . Advancing cautiously , a differ- ent rhinoceros cocked its ears at me , and I felt for an instant at a loss which to fire at : both barrels from " Blanshard " went at my new young friend , who rushed off ...
... took to be her dying cries . Advancing cautiously , a differ- ent rhinoceros cocked its ears at me , and I felt for an instant at a loss which to fire at : both barrels from " Blanshard " went at my new young friend , who rushed off ...
Side 40
... took me over a very fine range of stream- beds and shady spots for buffalo and rhinoceros , showing great cleverness and intelligence as a tracker . We met with nothing but beds of lilac convolvulus in the woods . My guide's chat , and ...
... took me over a very fine range of stream- beds and shady spots for buffalo and rhinoceros , showing great cleverness and intelligence as a tracker . We met with nothing but beds of lilac convolvulus in the woods . My guide's chat , and ...
Side 45
... took pinches of a pounded plant or wood to cure their headaches , or cupped themselves in the following curious manner : A man put some beeswax into his mouth , applied a small cow's horn to cuts made in the temple of the patient ...
... took pinches of a pounded plant or wood to cure their headaches , or cupped themselves in the following curious manner : A man put some beeswax into his mouth , applied a small cow's horn to cuts made in the temple of the patient ...
Side 50
... took us to one of his favourite shooting - grounds , where he certainly knew how to make himself comfortable . His servants had constructed for him a most luxurious waterproof hut with broad stripes of freshly - cut bark , and a capital ...
... took us to one of his favourite shooting - grounds , where he certainly knew how to make himself comfortable . His servants had constructed for him a most luxurious waterproof hut with broad stripes of freshly - cut bark , and a capital ...
Side 51
... took great interest in them . They were Watusi from Karague . There were ten men and women , all with woolly hair - the men leav- ing a crescent of it unshaved . Their gums were blackened with a preparation from the tamarind - seed ...
... took great interest in them . They were Watusi from Karague . There were ten men and women , all with woolly hair - the men leav- ing a crescent of it unshaved . Their gums were blackened with a preparation from the tamarind - seed ...
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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