A Walk Across Africa: Or, Domestic Scenes from My Nile JournalW. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 452 páginas |
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Página xv
... plantain discovered by Bruce the Abyssinian traveller , called M'seegwah and M'tembeh by natives , who make necklaces of its seeds . Florikan or floriken ; a bird of the bustard family , found in cultivated open places . Gonjeh ; the ...
... plantain discovered by Bruce the Abyssinian traveller , called M'seegwah and M'tembeh by natives , who make necklaces of its seeds . Florikan or floriken ; a bird of the bustard family , found in cultivated open places . Gonjeh ; the ...
Página xvi
... plantain in Karague and Uganda . Merry ; the Uganda name for boiled plantain . Murwa ; the Eleusine coracana , or ooleyzee of the Seedees , a minute grain converted into flour and eaten like stirabout , or made into a fermented drink ...
... plantain in Karague and Uganda . Merry ; the Uganda name for boiled plantain . Murwa ; the Eleusine coracana , or ooleyzee of the Seedees , a minute grain converted into flour and eaten like stirabout , or made into a fermented drink ...
Página xvii
... plantain . Nurrowareh ; the name given to the Victoria Nyanza by some Wa- ganda . Nanga ; a wooden musical instrument , having several strings . Nyanzig , or Gnans - gnans ; signifies " Thanks , thanks , " and is used as an expression ...
... plantain . Nurrowareh ; the name given to the Victoria Nyanza by some Wa- ganda . Nanga ; a wooden musical instrument , having several strings . Nyanzig , or Gnans - gnans ; signifies " Thanks , thanks , " and is used as an expression ...
Página xviii
... plantain - trees are called by this name in Uganda . Watuta ; a plundering , restless race , supposed to be a branch from the Zulu Kaffirs of the Cape . They have spread as far north at 34 ° south latitude . Wezee ; a short expression ...
... plantain - trees are called by this name in Uganda . Watuta ; a plundering , restless race , supposed to be a branch from the Zulu Kaffirs of the Cape . They have spread as far north at 34 ° south latitude . Wezee ; a short expression ...
Página 14
... plantain , sugar - cane , grass , cocoa - nut , manioc , yams , sweet po- tato , Indian corn , ground - nut , & c . , go in streams to the market . The return of these crowds is , in con- FRUITS AND VEGETABLES . 15 trast , utterly ...
... plantain , sugar - cane , grass , cocoa - nut , manioc , yams , sweet po- tato , Indian corn , ground - nut , & c . , go in streams to the market . The return of these crowds is , in con- FRUITS AND VEGETABLES . 15 trast , utterly ...
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A Walk Across Africa: Or, Domestic Scenes from My Nile Journal James Augustus Grant Vista completa - 1864 |
A Walk Across Africa: Or, Domestic Scenes from My Nile Journal James Augustus Grant Vista completa - 1864 |
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Africa amongst animals antelope appeared Arab arms arrival asked bank bark-cloth beads beautiful Berber birds Blue Nile boat Bombay brought Budja called camels camp canoe Captain Speke carried cattle cloth colour covered cowries Crown Octavo dressed drums Edition Faloro feet four fowls Frij goats Gondokoro grain grass guns hands handsome head heard hills horns houses iron ivory journey Kamarasi Karague Karuma Falls Khartoom Kidi killed king lake leaves looked M'tessa Madi Manua Mariboo miles morning musquitoes natives never night Nile Nyanza party passed placed plantain plundered porters present race rain river rocks round Rumanika sand Seedees seen sent shot skin slaves sorghum spears stream sultan sweet potato tall told Toorkees traveller trees Turks tusks Uganda Unyamuezi Unyoro Victoria Nyanza village Waganda walked Wanyoro Watusi Wezee White Nile wild women wood yards Zanzibar