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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... trade had brought the curse of inter- necine war to the industrious and thrifty agriculturists who inhabited the fertile mountain - slopes . He con- sequently wandered about freely , through most of the little Čaga states , with a small ...
... trade had brought the curse of inter- necine war to the industrious and thrifty agriculturists who inhabited the fertile mountain - slopes . He con- sequently wandered about freely , through most of the little Čaga states , with a small ...
Pagina 16
... trade , whence so many ex- peditions and explorers have started for the conquest of Africa's secrets . Here I was soon enjoying the kind hospitality of Sir John Kirk , and feeling in the contemplation of the strange , varied life around ...
... trade , whence so many ex- peditions and explorers have started for the conquest of Africa's secrets . Here I was soon enjoying the kind hospitality of Sir John Kirk , and feeling in the contemplation of the strange , varied life around ...
Pagina 20
... trade . When Sayyid Majid died and the present " Sultan , " Barghash bin Sa'id , succeeded him , Sir John Kirk set himself resolutely to acquire the con- fidence and friendship of the young Arab ruler , and , aided by his great ...
... trade . When Sayyid Majid died and the present " Sultan , " Barghash bin Sa'id , succeeded him , Sir John Kirk set himself resolutely to acquire the con- fidence and friendship of the young Arab ruler , and , aided by his great ...
Pagina 21
... trade . This , though refused under threats of bombardment , was granted after a few hours ' conversation with Sir John Kirk , and the treaty , which during Sir Bartle Frere's mission had been persistently rejected by the " Sultan ...
... trade . This , though refused under threats of bombardment , was granted after a few hours ' conversation with Sir John Kirk , and the treaty , which during Sir Bartle Frere's mission had been persistently rejected by the " Sultan ...
Pagina 22
... trade . To Sir John Kirk alone we owe it that the Govern- ment of Portugal has not now included the important Fig . 3. - Mtépé ( with mat sail ) . Rovuma river in its East African posses- sions ; and the same person is responsible for ...
... trade . To Sir John Kirk alone we owe it that the Govern- ment of Portugal has not now included the important Fig . 3. - Mtépé ( with mat sail ) . Rovuma river in its East African posses- sions ; and the same person is responsible for ...
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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 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.