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 16
... looked forth on a crescent of white buildings rising above an irregular line of black shipping and black mud , and later on in the day landed at Zanzibar , and found myself in that busy mart of East African trade , whence so many ex ...
... looked forth on a crescent of white buildings rising above an irregular line of black shipping and black mud , and later on in the day landed at Zanzibar , and found myself in that busy mart of East African trade , whence so many ex ...
Pagina 48
... looked at me with stolid unconcern , and several yawned un- restrainedly in my face when I questioned them as to the cause of this prolonged halt . The headman of these Christian - save the mark ! -porters then in- formed me that his ...
... looked at me with stolid unconcern , and several yawned un- restrainedly in my face when I questioned them as to the cause of this prolonged halt . The headman of these Christian - save the mark ! -porters then in- formed me that his ...
Pagina 59
... looked out westward over the plains or mountain plateaux of Taita . 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 ...
... looked out westward over the plains or mountain plateaux of Taita . 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 ...
Pagina 72
... looked not much farther off than the farther groups of trees . As the day grew warm it was once more hidden behind layers of clouds , and I marched on towards my desti nation somewhat disappointed . For some two days since leaving the ...
... looked not much farther off than the farther groups of trees . As the day grew warm it was once more hidden behind layers of clouds , and I marched on towards my desti nation somewhat disappointed . For some two days since leaving the ...
Pagina 73
... looked along the path in front , and saw , to my great astonishment , a lion quietly trotting ahead of As he heard the sound of a voice he uncon- cernedly looked round , gave us one penetrating glance , made a few hesitating steps , and ...
... looked along the path in front , and saw , to my great astonishment , a lion quietly trotting ahead of As he heard the sound of a voice he uncon- cernedly looked round , gave us one penetrating glance , made a few hesitating steps , and ...
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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.