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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... feet above the sea , and the lesser peak - Kimawenzi - attains to 16,250 feet . Both ascend above the snow - line , no other point in the same clump of mountains doing so , and both are the craters of extinct volcanoes . The entire mass ...
... feet above the sea , and the lesser peak - Kimawenzi - attains to 16,250 feet . Both ascend above the snow - line , no other point in the same clump of mountains doing so , and both are the craters of extinct volcanoes . The entire mass ...
Pagina 2
... feet . It is just possible that in the unknown region stretching between the Victoria Nyanza and Abyssinia loftier peaks may be discovered , or that Mount Kenia , which lies about 200 miles due north of Kilima - njaro , may be found ...
... feet . It is just possible that in the unknown region stretching between the Victoria Nyanza and Abyssinia loftier peaks may be discovered , or that Mount Kenia , which lies about 200 miles due north of Kilima - njaro , may be found ...
Pagina 10
... feet , but on a succeeding visit in December , 1862 , he attained an altitude of 10,500 feet , although on neither occasion did he approach anywhere near the snow . He made , however , an admirable survey of the whole southern slope of ...
... feet , but on a succeeding visit in December , 1862 , he attained an altitude of 10,500 feet , although on neither occasion did he approach anywhere near the snow . He made , however , an admirable survey of the whole southern slope of ...
Pagina 11
... an altitude of nearly 9000 feet , made a small col- lection of plants , and pursued his journeys , which ultimately led him nearly all round the base of the mountain . Mr. Thomson was the first who saw the INTRODUCTORY . 11.
... an altitude of nearly 9000 feet , made a small col- lection of plants , and pursued his journeys , which ultimately led him nearly all round the base of the mountain . Mr. Thomson was the first who saw the INTRODUCTORY . 11.
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... feet and hands of the Sultan of Zanzibar are the most beautifully formed I ever saw in a man , and he is justly proud of them ; but alas ! his symmetry ends at his ankles , for he is afflicted with elephantiasis - a not uncommon disease ...
... feet and hands of the Sultan of Zanzibar are the most beautifully formed I ever saw in a man , and he is justly proud of them ; but alas ! his symmetry ends at his ankles , for he is afflicted with elephantiasis - a not uncommon disease ...
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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 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.