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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... four years , and many were the stories told of his prowess among elephant and other big game . It was with sincere pleasure , therefore , that I found I was able to do him sundry small services , and we soon became fast friends . In ...
... four years , and many were the stories told of his prowess among elephant and other big game . It was with sincere pleasure , therefore , that I found I was able to do him sundry small services , and we soon became fast friends . In ...
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... , rising some 800 feet above the level of the plain , the summit being over 6000 feet above sea - level , lying about four days ' journey to the north . CHAPTER II . FROM KRIGER'S TO MARANGA . Off to 24 THROUGH KIKUYU TO GALLA - LAND .
... , rising some 800 feet above the level of the plain , the summit being over 6000 feet above sea - level , lying about four days ' journey to the north . CHAPTER II . FROM KRIGER'S TO MARANGA . Off to 24 THROUGH KIKUYU TO GALLA - LAND .
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... four bullets into the enraged animal at short range . All four took effect , as I distinctly saw the dust spurt from his hide in little puffs where they struck . At the fourth shot he swerved aside , when within fifteen yards of me ...
... four bullets into the enraged animal at short range . All four took effect , as I distinctly saw the dust spurt from his hide in little puffs where they struck . At the fourth shot he swerved aside , when within fifteen yards of me ...
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... four lionesses . They spotted us almost as soon as we had seen them , and when we tried to get near enough for a shot they walked into a patch of tall reeds and remained there growling , nor would they show themselves again . We did not ...
... four lionesses . They spotted us almost as soon as we had seen them , and when we tried to get near enough for a shot they walked into a patch of tall reeds and remained there growling , nor would they show themselves again . We did not ...
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... four days . When cooked it is firm and white , in appearance somewhat resembling veal . We always secured the strip of flesh on each side of the backbone , called by the Swahilis " salala " ( saddle ) , and also the under - cut , or ...
... four days . When cooked it is firm and white , in appearance somewhat resembling veal . We always secured the strip of flesh on each side of the backbone , called by the Swahilis " salala " ( saddle ) , and also the under - cut , or ...
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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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