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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... green islands on its horizon , an infi- nitely diversified pano- rama , rather than a pic- ture , but a cheerful scene , full of bright activity , and a pleasant field of retreat , and watch the busy work going on around him . If you ...
... green islands on its horizon , an infi- nitely diversified pano- rama , rather than a pic- ture , but a cheerful scene , full of bright activity , and a pleasant field of retreat , and watch the busy work going on around him . If you ...
Pagina 28
... , irregular mass , the outline of which tells out effectively against a deep blue or a storm - grey sky , and is here and there relieved by the green coco- palms or the flags of the Sultan's palace and the. 28 THE KILIMA - NJARO EXPEDITION ...
... , irregular mass , the outline of which tells out effectively against a deep blue or a storm - grey sky , and is here and there relieved by the green coco- palms or the flags of the Sultan's palace and the. 28 THE KILIMA - NJARO EXPEDITION ...
Pagina 29
... green 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 ...
... green 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 ...
Pagina 51
... green inflorescence , and other smaller euphorbias with large , weird flowers of a dull , dead purple - brown . White and blue clitoreas trail over harsher shrubs , and enliven the grey - green bush with tender colour . Crinum lilies ...
... green inflorescence , and other smaller euphorbias with large , weird flowers of a dull , dead purple - brown . White and blue clitoreas trail over harsher shrubs , and enliven the grey - green bush with tender colour . Crinum lilies ...
Pagina 59
... . Here our sight was gladdened by clumps of really green and shady trees , and we were further delighted by the first signs of evident culti- vation . Further on we met some natives , ugly THE START - MOMBASA TO TAITA . 59.
... . Here our sight was gladdened by clumps of really green and shady trees , and we were further delighted by the first signs of evident culti- vation . Further on we met some natives , ugly THE START - MOMBASA TO TAITA . 59.
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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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