An Ivory Trader in North Kenia: The Record of an Expedition Through Kikuyu to Galla-land in East Equatorial Africa. With an Account of the Rendili and Burkeneji TribesLongmans, Green, and Company, 1903 - 368 páginas |
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... asked the reason of his strange conduct , and the answer more than satisfied us . It was the single word " ndui ” ( small - pox ) . We passed quite half a dozen villages which were entirely depopulated by the scourge . Now and again we ...
... asked the reason of his strange conduct , and the answer more than satisfied us . It was the single word " ndui ” ( small - pox ) . We passed quite half a dozen villages which were entirely depopulated by the scourge . Now and again we ...
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... asked the reason of the unseemly noise outside . " Do you want to fight ? " we asked aggressively . He replied that the old men did not want to fight , but the young men did . " Very well , " we said , still more aggressively , " go ...
... asked the reason of the unseemly noise outside . " Do you want to fight ? " we asked aggressively . He replied that the old men did not want to fight , but the young men did . " Very well , " we said , still more aggressively , " go ...
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... asked their assistance , and Jamah Mahomet , having somehow received news of our approach , advised them that El Hakim and the other two Wasungu would be at Munithu in a few days , and suggested that they should wait and consult them ...
... asked their assistance , and Jamah Mahomet , having somehow received news of our approach , advised them that El Hakim and the other two Wasungu would be at Munithu in a few days , and suggested that they should wait and consult them ...
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... asked that the young men who had murdered his servants should be given up to him for punish- ment ; also that his missing trade goods should be restored . The chief laughed in his face , and turning to his admiring followers ...
... asked that the young men who had murdered his servants should be given up to him for punish- ment ; also that his missing trade goods should be restored . The chief laughed in his face , and turning to his admiring followers ...
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... asking them to be seated , interchanged greet- ings in the Mohammedan manner . For a moment the air resounded with such remarks as " Sabal Kheir " ( God bless you ) , " Salaam Aliekoum " ( Peace be on you ) , and " Aliekoum Salaam ...
... asking them to be seated , interchanged greet- ings in the Mohammedan manner . For a moment the air resounded with such remarks as " Sabal Kheir " ( God bless you ) , " Salaam Aliekoum " ( Peace be on you ) , and " Aliekoum Salaam ...
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An Ivory Trader in North Kenia: The Record of an Expedition Through Kikuyu ... Alfred Arkell- Hardwick Visualização integral - 1903 |
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A'kikuyu afternoon animals appeared arrival bank beads beast Bei-Munithu boma Borana bullet bush camels cartridges cattle cloth CO.'S STANDARD Coloured crossed Crown 8vo donkeys Doum palms Edition El Hakim elephant Embe Essays feet fire gilt edges gilt top gneiss grantei grass Green Camp Hakim and George half halted herd hippopotamus hour hundred yards Illustrations Jamah journey Jumbi Kenia killed Lake Rudolph large numbers loads LONGMANS & CO.'S Lorian M'thara Maps Maragua Maranga Masai Max Müller meat miles mule Munithu N'Dominuki Nairobi natives night o'clock once ourselves palms path Plates porters Portraits Ramathani reached Rendili rhino rhinoceros rifle river round Sadi ben safari seemed sent sheep shooting shot shouted side Somalis soon spear Swahilis swamp tent took tribe turned tusk village vols Wa'Embe Wa'kamba waited walked Wandorobbo Waso Nyiro Wasungu zebra Zura
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