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 14
... short I found that if any work was to be of use in collecting , it must proceed solely from my own efforts . I merely mention these diffi- culties so that my readers may properly appreciate the character of the task I was called on to ...
... short I found that if any work was to be of use in collecting , it must proceed solely from my own efforts . I merely mention these diffi- culties so that my readers may properly appreciate the character of the task I was called on to ...
Pagina 18
... short duration . At length , in 1873 , Sir John Kirk , who had first come to Zanzibar as Vice - Consul in 1866 , and who had for some years acted in a superior capacity , received his formal appointment to the post of Consul - General ...
... short duration . At length , in 1873 , Sir John Kirk , who had first come to Zanzibar as Vice - Consul in 1866 , and who had for some years acted in a superior capacity , received his formal appointment to the post of Consul - General ...
Pagina 25
... short while ago , though the sudden rush of greedy travellers has dimin- ished the supply . Much of this Persian pottery — great bowls of gorgeous tints , blue and gold plates , vases and cups - decorate the walls of the Consulate , and ...
... short while ago , though the sudden rush of greedy travellers has dimin- ished the supply . Much of this Persian pottery — great bowls of gorgeous tints , blue and gold plates , vases and cups - decorate the walls of the Consulate , and ...
Pagina 29
... short even- ing , they glow with a soft pink radiance , and their tender blush - colour is heightened by its background of strangely - coloured eastern sky which , first becoming sombre blue with the sinking sun , for a brief while ...
... short even- ing , they glow with a soft pink radiance , and their tender blush - colour is heightened by its background of strangely - coloured eastern sky which , first becoming sombre blue with the sinking sun , for a brief while ...
Pagina 56
... short , scrubby mimosas gave no sheltering shade under their thorny boughs , when escape from the overpowering dazzling sunshine was impossible , and the baked and heated soil seemed to burn the soles of my boots , and made the men who ...
... short , scrubby mimosas gave no sheltering shade under their thorny boughs , when escape from the overpowering dazzling sunshine was impossible , and the baked and heated soil seemed to burn the soles of my boots , and made the men who ...
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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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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.