An Ivory Trader in North Kenia: The Record of an Expedition Through Kikuyu to Galla-land in East Equatorial Africa. With an Account of the Rendili and Burkeneji TribesLongmans, Green, and Company, 1903 - 368 страници |
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... bank and plunged , with a splash , waist deep into the icy water . Ugh ! I scrambled up the opposite bank , and reached the camp safely , though feeling very sorry for myself . El Hakim and George thought it a good joke . I thought they ...
... bank and plunged , with a splash , waist deep into the icy water . Ugh ! I scrambled up the opposite bank , and reached the camp safely , though feeling very sorry for myself . El Hakim and George thought it a good joke . I thought they ...
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... bank to bank with papyrus reeds , and we were consequently obliged to cut a passage . The donkeys had also to be unloaded , and their loads carried across . We got wet up to the knees in the cold , slimy water , which did not add to our ...
... bank to bank with papyrus reeds , and we were consequently obliged to cut a passage . The donkeys had also to be unloaded , and their loads carried across . We got wet up to the knees in the cold , slimy water , which did not add to our ...
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... bank which was concealed by the undergrowth . The lioness was so surprised by his complete and utterly unexpected disap- pearance that , casting a bewildered look around , she turned and fled . We continued our hunt for game , and ...
... bank which was concealed by the undergrowth . The lioness was so surprised by his complete and utterly unexpected disap- pearance that , casting a bewildered look around , she turned and fled . We continued our hunt for game , and ...
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... bank of the Athi , which at this place is very broad and deep . It makes a vast curve here from due north to south - east , so that we were still on the wrong side of it , and would have to recross it in order to reach the Tana River ...
... bank of the Athi , which at this place is very broad and deep . It makes a vast curve here from due north to south - east , so that we were still on the wrong side of it , and would have to recross it in order to reach the Tana River ...
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... bank , and went back to camp for dinner . We dined on the crane I had shot two days before . It was as large as a small turkey , and splendid eating , though my 303 had rather damaged it . El Hakim and I sat up late into the night ...
... bank , and went back to camp for dinner . We dined on the crane I had shot two days before . It was as large as a small turkey , and splendid eating , though my 303 had rather damaged it . El Hakim and I sat up late into the night ...
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A'kikuyu afternoon animals appeared bank beads beast Bei-Munithu boma Borana bullet bush camels cartridges cattle cloth CO.'S STANDARD coloured crossed Crown 8vo donkeys Doum palms Edition El Hakim elephant Embe Essays feet fire Gifford Lectures gilt edges gilt top grantei grass Green Camp guides Hakim and George half herd hippopotamus hour hundred yards Illustrations Ismail Jamah journey Jumbi Kenia Lake Rudolph large numbers LL.D loads LONGMANS & CO.'S Lorian M'thara Maps Maragua Maranga Masai Max Müller meat MESSRS miles mule Munithu N'Dominuki Nairobi natives night o'clock once ourselves palms path Plates porters Portrait Ramathani reached Rendili rhino rhinoceros rifle river round Sadi ben safari sheep shooting shot shouted side Somalis spear Swahilis swamp tent tions took tribe turned tusk village vols Wa'Embe Wa'kamba waited walked Wandorobbo Waso Nyiro Wasungu zebra Zura