Khartoum, and the Blue and White Niles, Том 2Colburn & Company, 1851 |
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... all around us that was not occupied by living packages , was strewn with baggage of every descrip- tion . At last , the camels having arrived , the men begin to display considerable activity in removing our belongings 2 KHARTOUM.
... all around us that was not occupied by living packages , was strewn with baggage of every descrip- tion . At last , the camels having arrived , the men begin to display considerable activity in removing our belongings 2 KHARTOUM.
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George Melly. men begin to display considerable activity in removing our belongings , and a great deal of ingenuity in adjusting them in nicely - balanced heaps across the backs of the poor beasts , that had been engaged for their ...
George Melly. men begin to display considerable activity in removing our belongings , and a great deal of ingenuity in adjusting them in nicely - balanced heaps across the backs of the poor beasts , that had been engaged for their ...
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... considerable pretensions to the picturesque . It was pitched beside a small lake with rocky banks -a portion of the Nile - where the date - trees looked luxuriantly verdant , and the refreshing aspect of the water suggested the bath I ...
... considerable pretensions to the picturesque . It was pitched beside a small lake with rocky banks -a portion of the Nile - where the date - trees looked luxuriantly verdant , and the refreshing aspect of the water suggested the bath I ...
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... considerable tract of country , covered with what very much resembled petrified forests ; also a hill , having the appearance of an im- mense pile of slates , with vast quantities of the same useful material scattered about . The road ...
... considerable tract of country , covered with what very much resembled petrified forests ; also a hill , having the appearance of an im- mense pile of slates , with vast quantities of the same useful material scattered about . The road ...
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... considerable cultivation , which appears also on the banks ; a sight we have seen for the first time since leaving Wadeh Halfeh , the river having been too rapid , and the shore too rocky to admit of irrigation . Signs of an increasing ...
... considerable cultivation , which appears also on the banks ; a sight we have seen for the first time since leaving Wadeh Halfeh , the river having been too rapid , and the shore too rocky to admit of irrigation . Signs of an increasing ...
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Aboohamed Admiral Fisher's agreeable appearance Arab arrived ARTHUR CONWAY Assuan banks bazaar beautiful Bedouins beheld Berber Bey Hassib blue boat brought Cairo camels caravan CO.'S NEW PUBLICATIONS coffee COLBURN AND CO.'S covered covey Daireh desert diabeheeh distance divan Dongola doum palms dragoman dromedaries durra Egypt Egyptian encampment England English European extremely feet four friends gazelles GEORGE MELLY Government Governor hareem hills hippopotamus hundred immense interesting Janissaries journey Khartoum Kordofan Korosko ladies Latiffe Pacha looking Marian Withers Mehemet Mehemet Ali miles morning mountains native night Nubian numerous o'clock palace partridges party passed piastres picturesque pipes plain proceeded pyramids resembling river road rocks round saddle sand scarcely scene seen servants Sheik side sight stones tents thought thousand tion town travelling trees Turkish twenty village vols Wady Halfa White Nile wind yards young
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