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
... followed what seems to me the simplest and most satisfactory phonetic system — that of Dr. Lepsius ' standard alphabet . As this may be new to some of my readers , I may mention here that the vowels are generally pronounced as in ...
... followed what seems to me the simplest and most satisfactory phonetic system — that of Dr. Lepsius ' standard alphabet . As this may be new to some of my readers , I may mention here that the vowels are generally pronounced as in ...
Pagina 18
... followed by several officials whose residence in the island was of short duration . At length , in 1873 , Sir John Kirk , who had first come to Zanzibar as Vice - Consul in 1866 , and who had for some years acted in a superior capacity ...
... followed by several officials whose residence in the island was of short duration . At length , in 1873 , Sir John Kirk , who had first come to Zanzibar as Vice - Consul in 1866 , and who had for some years acted in a superior capacity ...
Pagina 40
... followed in the mail- steamer going north , accompanied by my personal servant , a Tamil boy from Ceylon . I took leave of Sir John Kirk with considerable regret one dark even- ing after an unusually agreeable dinner - party , and ...
... followed in the mail- steamer going north , accompanied by my personal servant , a Tamil boy from Ceylon . I took leave of Sir John Kirk with considerable regret one dark even- ing after an unusually agreeable dinner - party , and ...
Pagina 48
... followed leisurely in a hammock , feeling at first too weak from fever to be able to go on foot . In fact , what with anterior weakness and a blazing sun , I felt in such a stupid condition that I hoped , during the first day of my ...
... followed leisurely in a hammock , feeling at first too weak from fever to be able to go on foot . In fact , what with anterior weakness and a blazing sun , I felt in such a stupid condition that I hoped , during the first day of my ...
Pagina 73
... followed him to this refuge , and I can assure you I felt then anything but comfortable , for we could see , amid the thickly - interlaced twigs , literally nothing , while a deep ominous growling reached our ears , so strangely ...
... followed him to this refuge , and I can assure you I felt then anything but comfortable , for we could see , amid the thickly - interlaced twigs , literally nothing , while a deep ominous growling reached our ears , so strangely ...
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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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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.