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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... side we found ourselves in a swamp , through which we had to wade for over a mile before reach- ing firm ground . Then the porters struck in a body , saying they were done up and utterly exhausted , and could 26 THROUGH KIKUYU TO GALLA ...
... side we found ourselves in a swamp , through which we had to wade for over a mile before reach- ing firm ground . Then the porters struck in a body , saying they were done up and utterly exhausted , and could 26 THROUGH KIKUYU TO GALLA ...
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... side was simply horrible to walk on . I fully realized what the sensations of the " cat on hot bricks " of the proverb were . Kriger meant well , but , strange to say , neither George nor I felt at all thankful . As a matter of fact ...
... side was simply horrible to walk on . I fully realized what the sensations of the " cat on hot bricks " of the proverb were . Kriger meant well , but , strange to say , neither George nor I felt at all thankful . As a matter of fact ...
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... side of the backbone , called by the Swahilis " salala " ( saddle ) , and also the under - cut , or " salala n'dani " ( inside saddle ) , for our private consumption . The kidneys are very large , as big as one's fist ; and they , as ...
... side of the backbone , called by the Swahilis " salala " ( saddle ) , and also the under - cut , or " salala n'dani " ( inside saddle ) , for our private consumption . The kidneys are very large , as big as one's fist ; and they , as ...
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... side of it , and would have to recross it in order to reach the Tana River . Kriger and Knapp were , as usual , fishing , and had caught some magnificent fish , averaging 9 lbs . to 10 lbs . each . On our arrival in camp , George and I ...
... side of it , and would have to recross it in order to reach the Tana River . Kriger and Knapp were , as usual , fishing , and had caught some magnificent fish , averaging 9 lbs . to 10 lbs . each . On our arrival in camp , George and I ...
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... side of us the swiftly rushing river , which none of us wished to face again , and on the other side a perfectly unclimbable bank , topped with dense jungle . I thought of crocodiles , as there were , and are , a great many in the Athi ...
... side of us the swiftly rushing river , which none of us wished to face again , and on the other side a perfectly unclimbable bank , topped with dense jungle . I thought of crocodiles , as there were , and are , a great many in the Athi ...
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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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