A Walk Across Africa: Or, Domestic Scenes from My Nile JournalW. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 452 páginas |
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Página vii
... traveller ; but further details as to the ordinary life and pursuits , the habits and feelings of the natives , and the products of the country , appeared likely to possess a certain degree of interest , if not of value . This opinion ...
... traveller ; but further details as to the ordinary life and pursuits , the habits and feelings of the natives , and the products of the country , appeared likely to possess a certain degree of interest , if not of value . This opinion ...
Página xv
... traveller , called M'seegwah and M'tembeh by natives , who make necklaces of its seeds . Florikan or floriken ; a bird of the bustard family , found in cultivated open places . Gonjeh ; the name which the Seedees apply to the otter ...
... traveller , called M'seegwah and M'tembeh by natives , who make necklaces of its seeds . Florikan or floriken ; a bird of the bustard family , found in cultivated open places . Gonjeh ; the name which the Seedees apply to the otter ...
Página xviii
... travellers on account of its extortionate sultan . Verembe ; the expression used by natives of Karague when they meet . It corresponds with our " How do you do ? " Vitokeh ; plantain - trees are called by this name in Uganda . Watuta ...
... travellers on account of its extortionate sultan . Verembe ; the expression used by natives of Karague when they meet . It corresponds with our " How do you do ? " Vitokeh ; plantain - trees are called by this name in Uganda . Watuta ...
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... travellers , who were forced to pay whatever tax was demanded without reference to any scale . The aristocrats or chiefs lived in no greater luxury than the poor , although they had a revenue from fines , taxes , a tusk of every ...
... travellers , who were forced to pay whatever tax was demanded without reference to any scale . The aristocrats or chiefs lived in no greater luxury than the poor , although they had a revenue from fines , taxes , a tusk of every ...
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... traveller , and always ready - witted , relieved the minds of the Tots by telling them that a well would be dug after the camp had settled down a bit , which literally was the case . While near the Kingani - a true African - looking ...
... traveller , and always ready - witted , relieved the minds of the Tots by telling them that a well would be dug after the camp had settled down a bit , which literally was the case . While near the Kingani - a true African - looking ...
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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