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 32
... and perfect . The Sultan's feet are just of that ideal type that Sir Frederick Leighton loves to paint , and which , until I saw them peeping from Sayyid Barghash's sandals , I never believed to exist . 32 THE KILIMA - NJARO EXPEDITION .
... and perfect . The Sultan's feet are just of that ideal type that Sir Frederick Leighton loves to paint , and which , until I saw them peeping from Sayyid Barghash's sandals , I never believed to exist . 32 THE KILIMA - NJARO EXPEDITION .
Pagina 33
... never believed to exist . The 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 ...
... never believed to exist . The 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 ...
Pagina 41
... never when you are lying off shore in a port or land - locked bay . I paid the penalty of this one night's mistake in a very bad fever which attacked me soon after I landed at Mombasa , and left me horribly weak from its effects . Most ...
... never when you are lying off shore in a port or land - locked bay . I paid the penalty of this one night's mistake in a very bad fever which attacked me soon after I landed at Mombasa , and left me horribly weak from its effects . Most ...
Pagina 42
... never seem to do well on long journeys , and are in no way to be depended on ; besides , at the time when I was staying at Mombasa , asses were both dear in price and poor in quality . Thirty of my men had been , as already mentioned ...
... never seem to do well on long journeys , and are in no way to be depended on ; besides , at the time when I was staying at Mombasa , asses were both dear in price and poor in quality . Thirty of my men had been , as already mentioned ...
Pagina 43
... never , if they can help it , to engage porters at Mombasa . Independently of all questions of religion - Moham- medan and Christian alike - the inhabitants of the Mombasa district are a thoroughly bad lot . It is hopeless to win them ...
... never , if they can help it , to engage porters at Mombasa . Independently of all questions of religion - Moham- medan and Christian alike - the inhabitants of the Mombasa district are a thoroughly bad lot . It is hopeless to win them ...
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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 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.
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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.