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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... forest into the clear blue sky , he fell on his knees and recited the 111th Psalm , seeming almost to think that a little pimple on the surface of our tiny planet was one of the chief and most glorious productions of the Creator ...
... forest into the clear blue sky , he fell on his knees and recited the 111th Psalm , seeming almost to think that a little pimple on the surface of our tiny planet was one of the chief and most glorious productions of the Creator ...
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... forest , which stretches out into the sea , lends a deepening tone to the darkened water and sky , and forms with them an effective foil , a neutral back- ground to the white tower and the mass of white buildings which , turned towards ...
... forest , which stretches out into the sea , lends a deepening tone to the darkened water and sky , and forms with them an effective foil , a neutral back- ground to the white tower and the mass of white buildings which , turned towards ...
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... forest as yet unvisited by hunters . Thither Sir John sent his chasseurs to report on the monkey's existence . After a week's absence they returned , triumph illumining their swarthy lineaments . " Well , did you find them ? " asked the ...
... forest as yet unvisited by hunters . Thither Sir John sent his chasseurs to report on the monkey's existence . After a week's absence they returned , triumph illumining their swarthy lineaments . " Well , did you find them ? " asked the ...
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... forest , and , moreover , the water - supply proved scanty and difficult of access . I left my head - man and a few followers to search for the missing men , and walked on to Ndara through the moonlight , stopping to sleep for a few ...
... forest , and , moreover , the water - supply proved scanty and difficult of access . I left my head - man and a few followers to search for the missing men , and walked on to Ndara through the moonlight , stopping to sleep for a few ...
Pagina 60
... forest trees and lovely wild flowers I stayed during two days , and at last collected my caravan round me . Maungu was very nearly being a Moscow to my little army , but ultimately there was small loss in either men or goods . Some two ...
... forest trees and lovely wild flowers I stayed during two days , and at last collected my caravan round me . Maungu was very nearly being a Moscow to my little army , but ultimately there was small loss in either men or goods . Some two ...
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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.