The Kilima-Njaro Expedition: A Record of Scientific Exploration in Eastern Equatorial Africa. And a General Description of the Natural History, Languages, and Commerce of the Kilima-Njaro DistrictK. Paul, Trench, and Company, 1886 - 572 pagini |
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Pagina ix
... English j ; ǹ , pron . ng ′ ; š , pron . sh ; and others , which are of less frequent occurrence , are explained fully in Chapter XX . As frequently recurring examples of this orthography , I may instance , - " Čaga " -pronounced ...
... English j ; ǹ , pron . ng ′ ; š , pron . sh ; and others , which are of less frequent occurrence , are explained fully in Chapter XX . As frequently recurring examples of this orthography , I may instance , - " Čaga " -pronounced ...
Pagina x
... the benefit of the timid who always shirk African names , write its exact pro- nunciation in our clumsy English orthography . This would be : Killy - manjāhro . INTRODUCTORY CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. PAGE 1 CHAPTER II . X NOTE TO THE READER .
... the benefit of the timid who always shirk African names , write its exact pro- nunciation in our clumsy English orthography . This would be : Killy - manjāhro . INTRODUCTORY CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. PAGE 1 CHAPTER II . X NOTE TO THE READER .
Pagina 21
... English influence in the Indian Ocean , and he steadfastly bears in mind that nearly the entire commerce of Eastern Africa is in the hands of British subjects , and that , to uphold our influence in the country , we should encourage to ...
... English influence in the Indian Ocean , and he steadfastly bears in mind that nearly the entire commerce of Eastern Africa is in the hands of British subjects , and that , to uphold our influence in the country , we should encourage to ...
Pagina 22
... English people compels it to look towards fresh fields of enterprise - Zanzibar , city , island , and coast , may not be found in hands hostile to British trade . To Sir John Kirk alone we owe it that the Govern- ment of Portugal has ...
... English people compels it to look towards fresh fields of enterprise - Zanzibar , city , island , and coast , may not be found in hands hostile to British trade . To Sir John Kirk alone we owe it that the Govern- ment of Portugal has ...
Pagina 32
... English tradesman's , he might even be called good - looking . His complexion is clear , his eyes large and fine , though faded with excesses , and his teeth white and perfect . The Sultan's feet are just of that ideal type that Sir ...
... English tradesman's , he might even be called good - looking . His complexion is clear , his eyes large and fine , though faded with excesses , and his teeth white and perfect . The Sultan's feet are just of that ideal type that Sir ...
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40-60 miles inland Africa antelope Arab arrived banana Bantu languages Bari birds Čaga caravan Cheaper Edition chief cloth coast colour common Demy 8vo Dinka district Eastern elytra English feet Fischer forest Galla goats grass green hartebeest hill Hochst Illustrations inhabitants Johnstoni journey Ki-čaga Ki-gweno Ki-taveita Kibô Kilima Kilima-njaro Kimawenzi Kiongwe Kitimbiriu Kwavi Lake Jipé Large crown 8vo Latuka looked Lumi Madaraz Mandara Maranu Masai masc Maungu Méru Mombasa Moši mountain natives nearly Neotragus night njaro nouns Oliv ostrich plains Plur plural Poems prefix present pronouns race river round Ruvu Sayyid Second Edition settlement Sing Sir John Kirk skin slopes Small crown 8vo snow soldiers species specimens stream Sultan Swahili Taita Taveita Third Edition tongues trade trees tribes verb vicinity Victoria Nyanza vide vols Wa-čaga Wa-kibôšo Wa-kwavi Wa-taveita White Nile word Zanzibar Zeitschr
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Pagina 21 - FIRST BOOK OF BOTANY. Designed to Cultivate the Observing Powers of Children. With 300 Engravings, New and Cheaper Edition. Crown 8vo.
Pagina 1 - THE PRINCIPLES OF MENTAL PHYSIOLOGY. With their Applications to the Training and Discipline of the Mind, and the Study of its Morbid Conditions.
Pagina 11 - MARKHAM, Capt. Albert Hastings, RN— The Great Frozen Sea : A Personal Narrative of the Voyage of the Alert during the Arctic Expedition of 1875-6.
Pagina 16 - CHEYNE, MA With Homilies by Rev. Prof. JR THOMSON, MA, Rev. WF ADENEY, MA, Rev. AF MUIR, MA, Rev. S.
Pagina 22 - VII. Animal Locomotion ; or Walking, Swimming, and Flying. By JB Pettigrew, MD, FRS, etc.
Pagina 22 - XXIII. Studies in Spectrum Analysis. By J. Norman Lockyer, FRS With six photographic Illustrations of Spectra, and numerous engravings on Wood.
Pagina 17 - Expository Lectures on St. Paul's Epistles to the Corinthians. A New Edition. Small crown 8vo, $s. Lectures and Addresses, with other Literary Remains. A New Edition. Crown 8vo, 5*. An Analysis of Mr. Tennyson's
Pagina 5 - Commodore JG— Memoir of, with Extracts from his Letters and Journals. Edited by his Widow.
Pagina 22 - XVIII. The Nature of Light: With a General Account of Physical Optics.
Pagina 2 - Is. The Childhood of Religions. Including a Simple Account of the Birth and Growth of Myths and Legends.