Lake Victoria: A Narrative of Explorations in Search of the Source of the Nile. Comp. from the Memoirs of Captains Speke and GrantW. Blackwood and Sons, 1868 - 342 páginas |
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... mbugu . The hair of his head was cut short , excepting at the top , where it was combed up into a high ridge , running from forehead to poll like a cock's - comb . No doubt Speke smiled inwardly at the suggestion this arrange- ment of ...
... mbugu . The hair of his head was cut short , excepting at the top , where it was combed up into a high ridge , running from forehead to poll like a cock's - comb . No doubt Speke smiled inwardly at the suggestion this arrange- ment of ...
Página 239
... mbugu , her elbow resting on a cushion of the same material . The only ornaments she wore were an abrus necklace and fillet of mbugu round her hand , whilst an old folding looking - glass stood open by her side . Before the entrance was ...
... mbugu , her elbow resting on a cushion of the same material . The only ornaments she wore were an abrus necklace and fillet of mbugu round her hand , whilst an old folding looking - glass stood open by her side . Before the entrance was ...
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... mbugu cups being dismissed with contempt , a large trough of the precious liquor was brought and set before the queen . She drank from it like a pig , with her head in the trough , as well as the ministers ; and if any was spilt in the ...
... mbugu cups being dismissed with contempt , a large trough of the precious liquor was brought and set before the queen . She drank from it like a pig , with her head in the trough , as well as the ministers ; and if any was spilt in the ...
Página 288
... Within this , on a low wooden stool placed upon a double matting of skins— cows ' below and leopards ' above - on an elevated platform of grass , sat the great king Kamrasi , looking , enshrouded APPEARANCE OF THE KING . 289 in his " mbugu.
... Within this , on a low wooden stool placed upon a double matting of skins— cows ' below and leopards ' above - on an elevated platform of grass , sat the great king Kamrasi , looking , enshrouded APPEARANCE OF THE KING . 289 in his " mbugu.
Página 289
... mbugu " dress , for all the world like a pope in state , calm and actionless . One bracelet of fine - twisted brass wire adorned his left wrist , but his most conspicuous ornament was a single necklace of beads . His hair , half an inch ...
... mbugu " dress , for all the world like a pope in state , calm and actionless . One bracelet of fine - twisted brass wire adorned his left wrist , but his most conspicuous ornament was a single necklace of beads . His hair , half an inch ...
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Lake Victoria: A Narrative of Explorations in Search of the Source of the ... George Carless Swayne,John Hanning Speke Visualização integral - 1868 |
Lake Victoria: A Narrative of Explorations in Search of the Source of the ... George Carless Swayne,John Hanning Speke Visualização integral - 1868 |
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antelope appeared Arabs arms arrived beads beautiful Beluches Berbera birds boats Bombay brought Budja buffaloes called camp canoe caravan cattle chief cloth coast colour court covered cows Crown 8vo Dagara dressed drums Edition elephants escort expedition Fcap feet Gani gave goats Gondokoro grass hands hartebeest head heard hills hippopotami horn huts journey Kamrasi Karagué Karuma Falls Kazé Kidi killed king of Uganda king's Kingani Kitangulé lake land looked Manua mbugu miles Mtésa natives night Nile officers palace party passed Petherick plantain pombé porters present rhinoceros river round royal Rumanika Seedis seemed seen sent shot side skin Somali spears Speke Speke and Grant sultan Suwarora tion took trees Uganda Ugogo Ujiji Unyamuézi Unyanyembé Unyoro Usui valley Victoria Nyanza village vols Waganda Wahuma Wakungu walked Wanguana Wanyoro Watusi white rhinoceros women wore Zanzibar
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