The Nile QuestFrederick A. Stokes Company, 1903 - 341 pagina's |
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The Nile Quest: A Record of the Exploration of the Nile and Its Basin Harry Johnston Volledige weergave - 1903 |
The Nile Quest: A Record of the Exploration of the Nile and Its Basin Harry Johnston Volledige weergave - 1906 |
The Nile Quest: A Record of the Exploration of the Nile and Its Basin Harry Johnston Volledige weergave - 1903 |
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Abyssinia affluents Albert Edward Albert Nyanza Arabia Arabs Atbara Bahr-al-Ghazal Blue Nile British Bruce Burton Caucasian century Christian civilisation coast Congo course Darfur desert discovery doubt East Africa eastern Egypt Egyptian Elgon equatorial Ethiopian European expedition feet flowing French Gala geographical German Gessi Gondokoro Greek Gulf Hamitic hundred India interest islands Italian Jesuits journey Karagwe Khartum king Lake Albert Lake Rudolf Lake Tsana land latitude Lobo Lotuka main Nile Masawa miles missionaries Mountain Nile Muhammad Granye Muhammadan native Negro Nile basin Nile exploration Nile sources northern Nubian Paez penetrated Persian Petherick Portuguese Ptolemy Ptolemy's race reached Red Sea regions river Roman rulers Ruwenzori Sabæan Schweinfurth Semitic shores snow-mountains Sobat Sobat River Somali Somaliland Speke Stanley stream Suakin Sudan Tanganyika thousand tion trade travelled tributaries Turks Uganda Unyamwezi Unyoro Upper Nile valley Victoria Nile Victoria Nyanza western White Nile Zanzibar
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Pagina 159 - Waganda fishermen coming out in boats and taking post on all the rocks with rod and hook, hippopotami and crocodiles lying sleepily on the water, the ferry at work above the falls, and cattle driven down to drink at the margin of the lake...
Pagina 85 - All this time the unfortunate victim at the door is bleeding indeed, but bleeding little. As long as they can cut off the flesh from his bones, they do not meddle with the thighs, or the parts where the great arteries are. At last they fall upon the thighs likewise; and soon after the animal, bleeding to death, becomes so tough that the cannibals, who have the rest of it to eat, find very hard work to separate the flesh from the bones with their teeth like dogs.
Pagina 260 - I saw a peculiar shaped cloud of a most beautiful silver colour, which assumed the proportions and appearance of a vast mountain covered with snow. Following its form downward, I became struck with the deep blue-black colour of its base, and wondered if it portended another tornado ; then as the sight descended to the gap between the eastern and western plateaus, I became for the first time conscious that what I gazed upon was not the image or semblance of a vast mountain, but the solid substance...
Pagina 157 - The first operation on shore was picnicking, when many large bogus of pombe were brought for the king ; next, the whole party took a walk, winding through the trees, and picking fruit, enjoying themselves amazingly, till, by some unlucky chance, one of the royal wives, a most charming creature, and truly one of the best of the lot, plucked a fruit, and offered it to the king, thinking, doubtless, to please him greatly ; but he, like a madman, flew into a towering passion, said it was the first time...
Pagina 159 - On the way home, one of the king's favourite women overtook us, walking, with her hands clasped at the back of her head, to execution, crying, "N'yawo!" in the most pitiful manner. A man was preceding her, but did not touch her; for she loved to obey the orders of her king voluntarily, and, in consequence of previous attachment, was permitted, as a mark of distinction, to walk free. Wondrous world ! it was not ten minutes since we parted from the king, yet he had found time to transact this bloody...
Pagina 84 - These serve the master to wipe his fingers upon ; and afterwards the servant for bread to his dinner. Two or three servants then come, each with a square piece of beef in their bare hands, laying it upon the cakes of teff, placed like dishes down the table, without cloth or any thing else beneath them. By this time all the guests have knives in their hands, and...
Pagina 123 - ... I no longer felt any doubt that the lake at my feet gave birth to that interesting river, the source of which has been the subject of so much speculation, and the object of so many explorers. The Arabs' tale was proved to the letter.
Pagina 83 - ... courtiers in the palace, or citizens in the town, meet together to dine between twelve and one o'clock. A long table is set in the middle of a large room, and benches beside it, for a number of guests who are invited.
Pagina 84 - There are then laid before every guest, instead of plates, round cakes, if we may so call them, about twice as big as a pancake, and something thicker and tougher. It is unleavened bread of a sourish taste, far from being disagreeable, and very easily digested, made of a grain called teff.
Pagina 84 - The company are so arranged that one man sits between two women ; the man with his long knife cuts a thin piece which would be thought a good beef-steak in England, while you see the motion of the fibres yet perfectly distinct, and alive in the flesh. No man of any fashion whatever, feeds himself, or touches his own meat.