Khartoum, and the Blue and White Niles, Том 2Colburn & Company, 1851 |
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... brought at least a dozen gazers from Wadeh Halfeh , and the bank could boast an un- usual collection of picturesque objects , look- ing in the distance like bundles of white linen , surmounted by curly heads , while here and there a ...
... brought at least a dozen gazers from Wadeh Halfeh , and the bank could boast an un- usual collection of picturesque objects , look- ing in the distance like bundles of white linen , surmounted by curly heads , while here and there a ...
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... brought his daughter for medicine . The faith of these people in the Cawaghi's power is very great . Our next encampment was in a large village , almost a town , called Sudrenzu , where we shot three dozen doves ; they were flying about ...
... brought his daughter for medicine . The faith of these people in the Cawaghi's power is very great . Our next encampment was in a large village , almost a town , called Sudrenzu , where we shot three dozen doves ; they were flying about ...
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... brought down . Having arrived at our tents at Hafir , and dined , we sallied forth to witness a marriage- feast ; the conviviality , the music and dancing , that formed part of it , having been heard in our encampment too distinctly to ...
... brought down . Having arrived at our tents at Hafir , and dined , we sallied forth to witness a marriage- feast ; the conviviality , the music and dancing , that formed part of it , having been heard in our encampment too distinctly to ...
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... island , about twenty miles distant- and these were brought to a place near the river , where the banks were sufficiently low to embark them and the luggage , that we might determine their different employ- ments . It was AND THE NILES .
... island , about twenty miles distant- and these were brought to a place near the river , where the banks were sufficiently low to embark them and the luggage , that we might determine their different employ- ments . It was AND THE NILES .
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... brought us all the usual consequences of change of weather , such as colds , swelled lips , and sore faces : we were intensely cold all day on one side of our bodies , and intolerably hot on the other , as if we stood E 2 AND THE NILES .
... brought us all the usual consequences of change of weather , such as colds , swelled lips , and sore faces : we were intensely cold all day on one side of our bodies , and intolerably hot on the other , as if we stood E 2 AND THE NILES .
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