A Walk Across Africa: Or, Domestic Scenes from My Nile JournalW. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 452 páginas |
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Página xviii
... are scattered on either side of the equator , and who resemble the Somali in appearance . Yanee ; a monkey , said to be so vicious that he will return a spear if thrown at him . A WALK ACROSS AFRICA : OR DOMESTIC SCENES FROM MY.
... are scattered on either side of the equator , and who resemble the Somali in appearance . Yanee ; a monkey , said to be so vicious that he will return a spear if thrown at him . A WALK ACROSS AFRICA : OR DOMESTIC SCENES FROM MY.
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... spears and killed , and are eaten by all ; while the tendons are made into bow- strings , the horns used as charms , and the skins rudely dressed for wear . Fish are rarely met with . On the coast , women standing in a circle up to ...
... spears and killed , and are eaten by all ; while the tendons are made into bow- strings , the horns used as charms , and the skins rudely dressed for wear . Fish are rarely met with . On the coast , women standing in a circle up to ...
Página 39
... spear in hand , he would join a party of women going to draw water , pitcher on head , and escort them lest any of our camp should fall upon , steal , or seduce them away . A very pretty girl and her beau were coaxed to sit for their ...
... spear in hand , he would join a party of women going to draw water , pitcher on head , and escort them lest any of our camp should fall upon , steal , or seduce them away . A very pretty girl and her beau were coaxed to sit for their ...
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... spears , knobsticks , and oblong shields of leather ; dress generally a small loin - cloth . With a gourd cup they drew water from their wells and filled it into earthen " gurahs , " similar to those in India . Women carried their ...
... spears , knobsticks , and oblong shields of leather ; dress generally a small loin - cloth . With a gourd cup they drew water from their wells and filled it into earthen " gurahs , " similar to those in India . Women carried their ...
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... spears . They had found him stealing , and offered him for sale . No one would pur- chase him , and he was taken to the sultan , who would , as Moossah said , either spear him , keep him as a slave , or allow him to be sold . Slaves ...
... spears . They had found him stealing , and offered him for sale . No one would pur- chase him , and he was taken to the sultan , who would , as Moossah said , either spear him , keep him as a slave , or allow him to be sold . Slaves ...
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A Walk Across Africa Or Domestic Scenes from My Nile Journal Jam. Aug Grant Visualização integral - 1864 |
A Walk Across Africa: Or, Domestic Scenes from My Nile Journal James Augustus Grant Visualização integral - 1864 |
A Walk Across Africa: Or, Domestic Scenes from My Nile Journal James Augustus Grant Visualização integral - 1864 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
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