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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... - return of the men sent to M'thara - Our anxiety - Their safe return with guides - We continue our march down the river - Desertion of the guides - We push on - Bad country- PAGE No game - We meet some of the Somali's CONTENTS . xi.
... - return of the men sent to M'thara - Our anxiety - Their safe return with guides - We continue our march down the river - Desertion of the guides - We push on - Bad country- PAGE No game - We meet some of the Somali's CONTENTS . xi.
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... they turned back without examining it . A few weeks later , Lieutenant von Hohnel , having been seriously injured by a rhinoceros , was sent down to the coast , his life being despaired of . 4 THROUGH KIKUYU TO GALLA - LAND .
... they turned back without examining it . A few weeks later , Lieutenant von Hohnel , having been seriously injured by a rhinoceros , was sent down to the coast , his life being despaired of . 4 THROUGH KIKUYU TO GALLA - LAND .
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... 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 Swahilis are natives of Zanzibar and the adjacent coasts.
... 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 Swahilis are natives of Zanzibar and the adjacent coasts.
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... sent my cook , before breakfast , to the sokoni ( native bazaar ) to buy bread , vegetables , etc. As he did not return I went outside to the cook - house in some anxiety as to whether I should get any breakfast . Several native ...
... sent my cook , before breakfast , to the sokoni ( native bazaar ) to buy bread , vegetables , etc. As he did not return I went outside to the cook - house in some anxiety as to whether I should get any breakfast . Several native ...
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... sent to their relief , which task they successfully accomplished , though only with the greatest difficulty . It was not till six weeks after he received the wound that Finlay was able to obtain medical assistance , and by that time the ...
... sent to their relief , which task they successfully accomplished , though only with the greatest difficulty . It was not till six weeks after he received the wound that Finlay was able to obtain medical assistance , and by that time 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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