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Page 12
... leaves ; and the parties of slaves ( negro men and women brought originally from the interior of Africa ) , on being exhibited , are guarded by men with swords . Some of the unhappy groups sit calmly in the marketplace , looking very ...
... leaves ; and the parties of slaves ( negro men and women brought originally from the interior of Africa ) , on being exhibited , are guarded by men with swords . Some of the unhappy groups sit calmly in the marketplace , looking very ...
Page 15
... with a yellow flower and leaf resembling clover . On the flower withering the pod goes underground , where it matures . The coffee- tree grows luxuriantly , and the sugar - cane is very 16 TRADE . fine ; pomegranate does not seem to.
... with a yellow flower and leaf resembling clover . On the flower withering the pod goes underground , where it matures . The coffee- tree grows luxuriantly , and the sugar - cane is very 16 TRADE . fine ; pomegranate does not seem to.
Page 40
... leaf ten paces off , beguiled the time very agreeably . He made me laugh at his sultan , Senga , who had four- teen wives ; but he himself , he said , could not marry until his present wardrobe was increased , it consisting only of what ...
... leaf ten paces off , beguiled the time very agreeably . He made me laugh at his sultan , Senga , who had four- teen wives ; but he himself , he said , could not marry until his present wardrobe was increased , it consisting only of what ...
Page 60
... leaf - stalks still remaining on the tree , to be the support and life of a species of ficus , growing like a parasite , luxuriantly healthy , its roots not near the ground , but forming a complete network round the stem of the palm ...
... leaf - stalks still remaining on the tree , to be the support and life of a species of ficus , growing like a parasite , luxuriantly healthy , its roots not near the ground , but forming a complete network round the stem of the palm ...
Page 61
... leaves , flowers , and fruits of pumpkins ; and they brought us daily ground - nuts , tobacco , and fowls for sale . On the 3d of April the rice - harvest was being gathered in ; but we perceived no traces of irrigation as in Egypt ...
... leaves , flowers , and fruits of pumpkins ; and they brought us daily ground - nuts , tobacco , and fowls for sale . On the 3d of April the rice - harvest was being gathered in ; but we perceived no traces of irrigation as in Egypt ...
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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