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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... plain , it is hardly to be called isolated , and indeed it may be said that an almost continuous chain of mountain - ranges and in- dependent peaks connect it with Abyssinia on the north , Natal on the south , and , possibly , also with ...
... plain , it is hardly to be called isolated , and indeed it may be said that an almost continuous chain of mountain - ranges and in- dependent peaks connect it with Abyssinia on the north , Natal on the south , and , possibly , also with ...
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... dwell queer , old - fashioned ruminants goat - antelopes , capricorns , chamois - which would have long since perished in the fierce , hustling life of the plains , or more probably have 4 THE KILIMA - NJARO EXPEDITION .
... dwell queer , old - fashioned ruminants goat - antelopes , capricorns , chamois - which would have long since perished in the fierce , hustling life of the plains , or more probably have 4 THE KILIMA - NJARO EXPEDITION .
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... plains , or more probably have become moulded into some advanced and perfected type , like the great ruminants of the lowlands . There were these possibilities of zoology to encourage ex- ploration ; and another interesting feature in ...
... plains , or more probably have become moulded into some advanced and perfected type , like the great ruminants of the lowlands . There were these possibilities of zoology to encourage ex- ploration ; and another interesting feature in ...
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... 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 some natives , ugly THE START ...
... 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 some natives , ugly THE START ...
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... plain young man of about thirty , who had served much on the Congo , and had accompanied Stanley thither in his first expedition , in proof of which he wore a massive silver ring . Kiongwe ( whose name meant in Swahili a " headstrong ...
... plain young man of about thirty , who had served much on the Congo , and had accompanied Stanley thither in his first expedition , in proof of which he wore a massive silver ring . Kiongwe ( whose name meant in Swahili a " headstrong ...
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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 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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