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 4
... animals of prey being left on the island . So in the course of time , no longer obliged to fly from foes or take long journeys in search of food , this pigeon became a dodo , huge , fat , and inert , with atro- phied and useless pinions ...
... animals of prey being left on the island . So in the course of time , no longer obliged to fly from foes or take long journeys in search of food , this pigeon became a dodo , huge , fat , and inert , with atro- phied and useless pinions ...
Pagina 5
... animals and plants from temperate countries north and south , from Europe and the Cape of Good Hope , and consequently the question as to the relations of the fauna and flora of Kilima - njaro , the highest mountain known in Africa ...
... animals and plants from temperate countries north and south , from Europe and the Cape of Good Hope , and consequently the question as to the relations of the fauna and flora of Kilima - njaro , the highest mountain known in Africa ...
Pagina 7
... animales fieros " 66 fierce animals . " Enciso was a Spanish pilot , but his information is evidently derived from the Portuguese , who held Mombaça as early as 1507 . 3 Kilima - njaro in times of peace before the INTRODUCTORY . 7.
... animales fieros " 66 fierce animals . " Enciso was a Spanish pilot , but his information is evidently derived from the Portuguese , who held Mombaça as early as 1507 . 3 Kilima - njaro in times of peace before the INTRODUCTORY . 7.
Pagina 66
... zebras - most inquisitive of animals - risked their lives by galloping up to inspect the passing caravan . The sight of all this game was potent enough to stir a hunting impulse in the soul 66 THE KILIMA - NJARO EXPEDITION .
... zebras - most inquisitive of animals - risked their lives by galloping up to inspect the passing caravan . The sight of all this game was potent enough to stir a hunting impulse in the soul 66 THE KILIMA - NJARO EXPEDITION .
Pagina 68
... animals have stalked is a light cloud of red dust hanging you in the hot air . And now you become fully conscious of how foolish you have been to leave the caravan . How hot the sun is ! And your blistered feet ache as you limp back ...
... animals have stalked is a light cloud of red dust hanging you in the hot air . And now you become fully conscious of how foolish you have been to leave the caravan . How hot the sun is ! And your blistered feet ache as you limp back ...
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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 Colobus colour common Demy 8vo Dinka district Eastern elytra English feet Fischer forest Galla goats grass green 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 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.