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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... skins and carried them off , all but one . Having successfully intimidated Imam , whom he sent to fill this from a spring down the hill , they then tried to prevent Speke from filling it him- self , flourishing their spears and bows ...
... skins and carried them off , all but one . Having successfully intimidated Imam , whom he sent to fill this from a spring down the hill , they then tried to prevent Speke from filling it him- self , flourishing their spears and bows ...
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... skin and knotty warts upon it resembling a huge turnip , reddish inside , with a yellowish green exterior . It is highly aromatic and astringent . To make mussacks , the Somali pull a sheep or goat out of his skin , tie up the legs ...
... skin and knotty warts upon it resembling a huge turnip , reddish inside , with a yellowish green exterior . It is highly aromatic and astringent . To make mussacks , the Somali pull a sheep or goat out of his skin , tie up the legs ...
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... skin , produced by his hands being tied behind him . His captor obliged him , at his request , by fastening his hands in front , and gave him water , and something to lie upon . Feeling a little revived , he began to chat with this ...
... skin , produced by his hands being tied behind him . His captor obliged him , at his request , by fastening his hands in front , and gave him water , and something to lie upon . Feeling a little revived , he began to chat with this ...
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... skin . But the man of quaintest aspect in the whole party was Sidi Ma- barak Bombay . His breed was that of the true woolly- headed negro , though physically he was not a fine speci- men , being somewhat smaller in general proportions ...
... skin . But the man of quaintest aspect in the whole party was Sidi Ma- barak Bombay . His breed was that of the true woolly- headed negro , though physically he was not a fine speci- men , being somewhat smaller in general proportions ...
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... skins , cat - skins , and the furs of any avail- able vermin . These are tucked under a belt , and , according to number , go quite or partly round the body , the heads hanging in front and the tails depending gracefully below . The ...
... skins , cat - skins , and the furs of any avail- able vermin . These are tucked under a belt , and , according to number , go quite or partly round the body , the heads hanging in front and the tails depending gracefully below . The ...
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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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