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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... called Lorian , the position of which was supposed to have been fixed by an exploring party in 1893. But , as I shall also show in the course of this narrative , the position of Lorian varies . The upper reaches of the Waso Nyiro were ...
... called Lorian , the position of which was supposed to have been fixed by an exploring party in 1893. But , as I shall also show in the course of this narrative , the position of Lorian varies . The upper reaches of the Waso Nyiro were ...
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... called by the Wa'kamba . El Hakim , being anxious to get our men away from the pernicious influence of the native bazaar , arranged that he would go on to Kriger's early on the following morning , and that George and I should follow ...
... called by the Wa'kamba . El Hakim , being anxious to get our men away from the pernicious influence of the native bazaar , arranged that he would go on to Kriger's early on the following morning , and that George and I should follow ...
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... called to them , and presently they joined us , and we all set off together to join my main party . We reached it without further mishap , and resumed our interrupted march . It was very dark indeed . I could not see my hand when I held ...
... called to them , and presently they joined us , and we all set off together to join my main party . We reached it without further mishap , and resumed our interrupted march . It was very dark indeed . I could not see my hand when I held ...
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... called by the Swahilis " kanga , " and after an hour and a half of quick walking I came up with George . He had passed a miserable night , without food , blankets , or fire , and , to make matters worse , it had drizzled all night ...
... called by the Swahilis " kanga , " and after an hour and a half of quick walking I came up with George . He had passed a miserable night , without food , blankets , or fire , and , to make matters worse , it had drizzled all night ...
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... called a shot - gun . Soon afterwards we were traversing some broken rocky ground when Kriger suddenly exclaimed , " Look , there are some wild pig ! " We started after them , and got within a hundred yards before we discovered that the ...
... called a shot - gun . Soon afterwards we were traversing some broken rocky ground when Kriger suddenly exclaimed , " Look , there are some wild pig ! " We started after them , and got within a hundred yards before we discovered that the ...
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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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