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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... OF BRINDLED GNU , ETC. 220 MASAI ELMORAN IN WAR ARRAY . 242 · HORNS OF BUFFALO , ETC. 258 PORTRAIT OF MR . G. H. WEST 294 RHINOCEROS SHOT BY GEORGE · ORNAMENTS WORN BY A'KIKUYU WOMEN 316 A'KIKUYU WEAPONS • MOUNT KENIA FROM THE NORTH • ...
... OF BRINDLED GNU , ETC. 220 MASAI ELMORAN IN WAR ARRAY . 242 · HORNS OF BUFFALO , ETC. 258 PORTRAIT OF MR . G. H. WEST 294 RHINOCEROS SHOT BY GEORGE · ORNAMENTS WORN BY A'KIKUYU WOMEN 316 A'KIKUYU WEAPONS • MOUNT KENIA FROM THE NORTH • ...
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... shot , and a charming companion . He had been shooting in Somaliland and the neighbourhood of Lake Rudolph for the previous four years , and many were the stories told of his prowess among elephant and other big game . It was with ...
... shot , and a charming companion . He had been shooting in Somaliland and the neighbourhood of Lake Rudolph for the previous four years , and many were the stories told of his prowess among elephant and other big game . It was with ...
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... defensive operations . For rhinoceros , buffalo , or giraffe , I carried an ordinary Martini- Henry military rifle , which answered the purpose admirably . A 20 - bore shot - gun , which proved 10 THROUGH KIKUYU TO GALLA - LAND .
... defensive operations . For rhinoceros , buffalo , or giraffe , I carried an ordinary Martini- Henry military rifle , which answered the purpose admirably . A 20 - bore shot - gun , which proved 10 THROUGH KIKUYU TO GALLA - LAND .
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... shot - gun , which proved useful in securing guinea- fowl , etc. , for the pot , completed my battery . George carried a 303 military rifle and a Martini - Henry carbine . It was essential that we should have a good " Munipara ...
... shot - gun , which proved useful in securing guinea- fowl , etc. , for the pot , completed my battery . George carried a 303 military rifle and a Martini - Henry carbine . It was essential that we should have a good " Munipara ...
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... shot , seemingly far away over the plain to the right . Telling the men to sit down and rest themselves on the path , I ordered Jumbi to follow me , and , after carefully taking my bearings by compass , started to walk quickly across ...
... shot , seemingly far away over the plain to the right . Telling the men to sit down and rest themselves on the path , I ordered Jumbi to follow me , and , after carefully taking my bearings by compass , started to walk quickly across ...
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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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