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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... carried another 30 lbs . weight in personal effects , rifle , and ammuni- tion ; so that altogether they carried 90 lbs . dead weight during one or sometimes two marches a day for weeks at a stretch , often on insufficient food , and ...
... carried another 30 lbs . weight in personal effects , rifle , and ammuni- tion ; so that altogether they carried 90 lbs . dead weight during one or sometimes two marches a day for weeks at a stretch , often on insufficient food , and ...
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... carried a supply of 303 solid bullets , both for elephants and for possible defensive operations . For rhinoceros , buffalo , or giraffe , I carried an ordinary Martini- Henry military rifle , which answered the purpose admirably . A 20 ...
... carried a supply of 303 solid bullets , both for elephants and for possible defensive operations . For rhinoceros , buffalo , or giraffe , I carried an ordinary Martini- Henry military rifle , which answered the purpose admirably . A 20 ...
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... carried a 303 military rifle and a Martini - Henry carbine . It was essential that we should have a good " Munipara " ( headman ) , and the individual we engaged to fill that im- portant position was highly recommended to us as a man of ...
... carried a 303 military rifle and a Martini - Henry carbine . It was essential that we should have a good " Munipara " ( headman ) , and the individual we engaged to fill that im- portant position was highly recommended to us as a man of ...
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... carry their loads . The Swahilis and Wa'Nyamwezi , being used to the open main roads , carry their loads boldly on their heads , or , in some cases , on their shoulders . The Wa'kamba , on the other hand , in the narrow jungle paths of ...
... carry their loads . The Swahilis and Wa'Nyamwezi , being used to the open main roads , carry their loads boldly on their heads , or , in some cases , on their shoulders . The Wa'kamba , on the other hand , in the narrow jungle paths of ...
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... carried the shot - gun , and I the 303 . We saw no birds ; but after an arduous stalk , creeping on all fours through long , wet grass , I secured a congoni . Congoni is the local name for the hartebeeste ( Bubalis Cokei ) . The meat ...
... carried the shot - gun , and I the 303 . We saw no birds ; but after an arduous stalk , creeping on all fours through long , wet grass , I secured a congoni . Congoni is the local name for the hartebeeste ( Bubalis Cokei ) . The meat ...
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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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