Khartoum, and the Blue and White Niles, Том 2Colburn & Company, 1851 |
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... not seem an object of pity , for he was a magnificent fellow , quite white , and standing twelve hands high at the shoulder ; and though he kept up a tremendous uproar , while his burthen was being adjusted to B 2 AND THE NILES . 3.
... not seem an object of pity , for he was a magnificent fellow , quite white , and standing twelve hands high at the shoulder ; and though he kept up a tremendous uproar , while his burthen was being adjusted to B 2 AND THE NILES . 3.
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... hands to shake , and numerous were the parting salaams and adieux we received , as we stalked majestically away . The high road to Dongola , is as broad as you can see on one side , and has the river on the other . During the first ...
... hands to shake , and numerous were the parting salaams and adieux we received , as we stalked majestically away . The high road to Dongola , is as broad as you can see on one side , and has the river on the other . During the first ...
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... hand- some crest , and measured five feet five inches from tip to tip . We passed a fine vein of quartz , and a considerable tract of country , covered with what very much resembled petrified forests ; also a hill , having the ...
... hand- some crest , and measured five feet five inches from tip to tip . We passed a fine vein of quartz , and a considerable tract of country , covered with what very much resembled petrified forests ; also a hill , having the ...
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... hand- some Frenchman , M. Y—— , a gentleman- Y- like and intelligent man , formerly in the service of Clot Bey . He had made a journey which had united pleasure with profit , from Cairo to the Obaid Kordofan , & c . , taking ...
... hand- some Frenchman , M. Y—— , a gentleman- Y- like and intelligent man , formerly in the service of Clot Bey . He had made a journey which had united pleasure with profit , from Cairo to the Obaid Kordofan , & c . , taking ...
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... soon as you have taken your seat . I had a camel from Dongola to Gebel Berkel , who would not let me turn on my saddle or put my hand in my pocket without turning viciously round with a fierce growl . I had 20 KHARTOUM.
... soon as you have taken your seat . I had a camel from Dongola to Gebel Berkel , who would not let me turn on my saddle or put my hand in my pocket without turning viciously round with a fierce growl . I had 20 KHARTOUM.
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Стр. 33 - ... being handsome; but, Sir, if you please to recollect, you before hinted something about a hump or two, one eye, and a few more graces of that kind. Now, without being very nice, I own I should rather choose a wife of mine to have the usual number of limbs, and a limited quantity of back: and though one eye may be very agreeable, yet as the prejudice has always run in favour of two, I would not wish to affect a singularity in that article.
Стр. 73 - ... they were all eaten by a wolf (hyena), and scattered over the desert, while he was away leading some merchants over the sandy plains. When, after a march of ten days over stony hills, and arid plains of deep sand, we came suddenly upon the broad river, winding through the rich green of the durracovered banks, we could exclaim with the Psalmist, " He maketh me to lie down in green pastures ; He leadeth me beside still waters;" and as a Bedouin in advance of us called his servant, who was walking...