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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... become moulded into some advanced and perfected type , like the great ruminants of the lowlands . There were these possibilities of zoology to encourage ex- ploration ; and another interesting feature in the fauna and flora of high ...
... become moulded into some advanced and perfected type , like the great ruminants of the lowlands . There were these possibilities of zoology to encourage ex- ploration ; and another interesting feature in the fauna and flora of high ...
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... become a sort of financial adviser to the Prince of Zanzibar , and is at the same time head - waiter at State dinners , man - of - business , negotiator in delicate matrimonial affairs , and the picker - up and retailer of all the town ...
... become a sort of financial adviser to the Prince of Zanzibar , and is at the same time head - waiter at State dinners , man - of - business , negotiator in delicate matrimonial affairs , and the picker - up and retailer of all the town ...
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... 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 through the stubbly grass to find the 68 THE KILIMA - NJARO EXPEDITION .
... 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 through the stubbly grass to find the 68 THE KILIMA - NJARO EXPEDITION .
Pagina 98
... become almost an independent race , merit the designation of Africa's land - carriers . They journey for purposes of trade over nearly all the district which lies between the Victoria Nile , Abyssinia , the great lakes , the Upper Congo ...
... become almost an independent race , merit the designation of Africa's land - carriers . They journey for purposes of trade over nearly all the district which lies between the Victoria Nile , Abyssinia , the great lakes , the Upper Congo ...
Pagina 107
... become so en- larged that a great wooden ring had been forced into the centre . I can best ex- plain it by a drawing , as words are quite inade- quate . Fortunately , although Mandara would never allow me to take his portrait , I was ...
... become so en- larged that a great wooden ring had been forced into the centre . I can best ex- plain it by a drawing , as words are quite inade- quate . Fortunately , although Mandara would never allow me to take his portrait , I was ...
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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 Moąi 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-kibôąo Wa-kwavi Wa-taveita White Nile word Zanzibar Zeitschr
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