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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... third parallel south of the Equator , and at a distance , in a straight line , of about 175 miles from the coast . The highest of the two principal summits - Kibô— reaches an elevation 18,880 feet above the sea , and the lesser peak ...
... third parallel south of the Equator , and at a distance , in a straight line , of about 175 miles from the coast . The highest of the two principal summits - Kibô— reaches an elevation 18,880 feet above the sea , and the lesser peak ...
Pagina 78
... third member of the Taveitan Legislative Council pointed to a basket of corn - cobs as his donation , and so on . Each in return received about twice the value of his free - will offering in cloth and beads , and , I am sorry to say ...
... third member of the Taveitan Legislative Council pointed to a basket of corn - cobs as his donation , and so on . Each in return received about twice the value of his free - will offering in cloth and beads , and , I am sorry to say ...
Pagina 95
... third - son inherited the power . He strength- ened his position by marriage , and espoused several princesses of the reigning families in the vicinity of his kingdom . From one of these was born Mandara , ARRIVAL AT MANDARA'S COURT . 95.
... third - son inherited the power . He strength- ened his position by marriage , and espoused several princesses of the reigning families in the vicinity of his kingdom . From one of these was born Mandara , ARRIVAL AT MANDARA'S COURT . 95.
Pagina 142
... third , was hard at work during every twelve hours of daylight . Not only did we build the tem- porary houses and plant the kitchen - gardens I have already described , but we installed our cows and goats in a spacious stable ...
... third , was hard at work during every twelve hours of daylight . Not only did we build the tem- porary houses and plant the kitchen - gardens I have already described , but we installed our cows and goats in a spacious stable ...
Pagina 254
... this part of Čaga . It is not the eldest son who succeeds his father as the ruling chief , nor the youngest , but usually the second or third , because this fortunately placed indi- vidual 254 THE KILIMA - NJARO EXPEDITION .
... this part of Čaga . It is not the eldest son who succeeds his father as the ruling chief , nor the youngest , but usually the second or third , because this fortunately placed indi- vidual 254 THE KILIMA - NJARO EXPEDITION .
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The Kilima-Njaro Expedition: A Record of Scientific Exploration in Eastern ... Harry Johnston Vizualizare completă - 1886 |
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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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