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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... number of Wa'Nyamwezi . Porters at that time were very scarce ; but having secured one or two good men as a nucleus , we sent them into the bazaar at Nairobi to bring us any other men they could find who wanted employment . 6 The ...
... number of Wa'Nyamwezi . Porters at that time were very scarce ; but having secured one or two good men as a nucleus , we sent them into the bazaar at Nairobi to bring us any other men they could find who wanted employment . 6 The ...
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... number of carriers was to be strictly limited . In the first place , we required cloth , brass wire , iron wire , and ... numbers of men who , they said , wanted to take service with us as porters . Judging from the specimens submitted ...
... number of carriers was to be strictly limited . In the first place , we required cloth , brass wire , iron wire , and ... numbers of men who , they said , wanted to take service with us as porters . Judging from the specimens submitted ...
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... numbers were by no means exaggerated . During a night attack , Finlay was speared through the hand and again in the back , the wound in the back , however , not proving dangerous . They managed to get a message through to Nairobi , and ...
... numbers were by no means exaggerated . During a night attack , Finlay was speared through the hand and again in the back , the wound in the back , however , not proving dangerous . They managed to get a message through to Nairobi , and ...
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... numbers of antelope on the road , and there were also numerous herds of zebra and brindled gnu ( Connochactus taurinus ) . We were in want of meat , but the game was very shy , and while stalking a herd of zebra I had the ill luck to ...
... numbers of antelope on the road , and there were also numerous herds of zebra and brindled gnu ( Connochactus taurinus ) . We were in want of meat , but the game was very shy , and while stalking a herd of zebra I had the ill luck to ...
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... numbers of armed natives soon put in appearance , and swaggered in and out with great freedom , and even insolence . We cleared them out politely , but firmly , and they then congregated outside and discussed us . They talked peace ...
... numbers of armed natives soon put in appearance , and swaggered in and out with great freedom , and even insolence . We cleared them out politely , but firmly , and they then congregated outside and discussed us . They talked peace ...
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