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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... night I left Sir John Kirk's was stiflingly hot , and the steamer was full of passengers - I shuddered at passing the night in a poky cabin with three other inmates . The captain saw my hesitation , and offered 40 THE KILIMA - NJARO ...
... night I left Sir John Kirk's was stiflingly hot , and the steamer was full of passengers - I shuddered at passing the night in a poky cabin with three other inmates . The captain saw my hesitation , and offered 40 THE KILIMA - NJARO ...
Pagina 41
... night in Zanzibar harbour , and leave at dawn . Now - and this is the only reason I record this incident - there is no surer way of getting a bad fever than to sleep in the open air in a tropical port . The reasons for this are many and ...
... night in Zanzibar harbour , and leave at dawn . Now - and this is the only reason I record this incident - there is no surer way of getting a bad fever than to sleep in the open air in a tropical port . The reasons for this are many and ...
Pagina 48
... night spent with Mr. and Mrs. Wakefield at Jomvu , and a pleasant rest with the Shaws at Kisolutini , I was at length launched alone into the wilderness , rather relieved than otherwise at my unaccustomed solitude . My party consisted ...
... night spent with Mr. and Mrs. Wakefield at Jomvu , and a pleasant rest with the Shaws at Kisolutini , I was at length launched alone into the wilderness , rather relieved than otherwise at my unaccustomed solitude . My party consisted ...
Pagina 51
... night by the light of the moon , but as my tardy porters had lagged behind , I arrived at the camping - place without tent , bed , or provisions , and not only had to lie down to sleep sup- perless , but blanketless ; and , as the night ...
... night by the light of the moon , but as my tardy porters had lagged behind , I arrived at the camping - place without tent , bed , or provisions , and not only had to lie down to sleep sup- perless , but blanketless ; and , as the night ...
Pagina 54
... night march - a thing they much detested , even when performed by the light of a full moon , having , like most Africans , a superstitious fear of night . But being themselves conscious of the long stretch of waterless country they had ...
... night march - a thing they much detested , even when performed by the light of a full moon , having , like most Africans , a superstitious fear of night . But being themselves conscious of the long stretch of waterless country they had ...
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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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