A Visit to Stanley's Rearguard at Major Barttelot's Camp on the Aruhwimi: With an Account of the River-life on the Congo |
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... women and children standing about . A few words pass between our guides and one of the women , and then , making signs to us to follow quietly , the former glide off down a narrow path leading to a large grove of cocoa - nut trees at ...
... women and children standing about . A few words pass between our guides and one of the women , and then , making signs to us to follow quietly , the former glide off down a narrow path leading to a large grove of cocoa - nut trees at ...
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... women ; and on the other side was the band , consisting of three or four huge tom - toms , from which several men were extracting a fearful noise . The dusky figures of the Ba - Ngala , flitting backwards and forwards across the ...
... women ; and on the other side was the band , consisting of three or four huge tom - toms , from which several men were extracting a fearful noise . The dusky figures of the Ba - Ngala , flitting backwards and forwards across the ...
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... women being the handsomest I have seen in Africa . Their dress is scanty , consisting , for the most part , only of a waist - cloth for the men and a short kilt of grass for the women . They cicatrise their arms , shoulders , and busts ...
... women being the handsomest I have seen in Africa . Their dress is scanty , consisting , for the most part , only of a waist - cloth for the men and a short kilt of grass for the women . They cicatrise their arms , shoulders , and busts ...
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... woman came to Mr Deane and asked his protection against the Arabs . Deane , having no positive proof of ill - treatment , wished to send her back , but eventually allowed her to remain in the station till her master came to claim her ...
... woman came to Mr Deane and asked his protection against the Arabs . Deane , having no positive proof of ill - treatment , wished to send her back , but eventually allowed her to remain in the station till her master came to claim her ...
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... woman returned to him , covered with wounds , ' on which he refused to give her up unless she returned to her master of her own free will . He , however , offered a ransom , which was again rejected . While matters were in this state ...
... woman returned to him , covered with wounds , ' on which he refused to give her up unless she returned to her master of her own free will . He , however , offered a ransom , which was again rejected . While matters were in this state ...
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