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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... travelled , one remark deserves particular notice - that the equator appears to be the boundary between two entirely different classes of languages . All the nations from Zan- zibar to Unyoro appear to speak different dialects of the ...
... travelled , one remark deserves particular notice - that the equator appears to be the boundary between two entirely different classes of languages . All the nations from Zan- zibar to Unyoro appear to speak different dialects of the ...
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... travelled on without seeing any habita- tions or people , and came to a nullah , where were several pools of bitter spring - water with Egyptian geese swim- ming on them . This place was called Barham . The scenery was noteworthy . On ...
... travelled on without seeing any habita- tions or people , and came to a nullah , where were several pools of bitter spring - water with Egyptian geese swim- ming on them . This place was called Barham . The scenery was noteworthy . On ...
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... travelled a short distance on the flat summit , and encamped amongst some thick jungle on its north or seaward side . As they were preparing to unload , a num- ber of the Urus Sagé section of the Habr Gerhajis seized the camels by the ...
... travelled a short distance on the flat summit , and encamped amongst some thick jungle on its north or seaward side . As they were preparing to unload , a num- ber of the Urus Sagé section of the Habr Gerhajis seized the camels by the ...
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... travelled westwards , the broader became the maritime plain , and the richer its clothing of shrubs and grass . Besides the ordinary acacias , which were finer and more numerous , there were many clumps of the bastard cypress and tall ...
... travelled westwards , the broader became the maritime plain , and the richer its clothing of shrubs and grass . Besides the ordinary acacias , which were finer and more numerous , there were many clumps of the bastard cypress and tall ...
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... travelled the first half of the way up the east coast , then crossed over to the end of a long island called Ubwari , made for the western shore , and coasted it to Uvira . The two canoes raced together in a very spirited fashion ...
... travelled the first half of the way up the east coast , then crossed over to the end of a long island called Ubwari , made for the western shore , and coasted it to Uvira . The two canoes raced together in a very spirited fashion ...
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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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