Khartoum, and the Blue and White Niles, Том 2Colburn & Company, 1851 |
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... seen rush- ing by numerous islands , and among bold black rocks , with the opposite shore , singu- larly verdant with date trees ; whilst above towered a majestic mountain . The desert is covered for AND THE NILES . 15.
... seen rush- ing by numerous islands , and among bold black rocks , with the opposite shore , singu- larly verdant with date trees ; whilst above towered a majestic mountain . The desert is covered for AND THE NILES . 15.
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... seen one for seven months . There was a hot spring in the neighbour- hood , composed of a series of small springs gushing from the ground round the remains . of a Roman well , which in its fall has blocked up the principal spring . It ...
... seen one for seven months . There was a hot spring in the neighbour- hood , composed of a series of small springs gushing from the ground round the remains . of a Roman well , which in its fall has blocked up the principal spring . It ...
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... 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 population also made themselves manifest - a refreshing contrast to the ...
... 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 population also made themselves manifest - a refreshing contrast to the ...
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... preferred piastres , which she after- wards got changed for coffee from Daireh . My father , having been seen securing a beetle with a pin , was soon surrounded with petitioners for this small article of luxury , which he 32 KHARTOUM.
... preferred piastres , which she after- wards got changed for coffee from Daireh . My father , having been seen securing a beetle with a pin , was soon surrounded with petitioners for this small article of luxury , which he 32 KHARTOUM.
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... convolvuluses , and some exquisite creepers ; we had not seen SO many flowers before . We also met with several new and beautiful birds , among others a red and a sky - blue one , many varieties of AND THE NILES . 37.
... convolvuluses , and some exquisite creepers ; we had not seen SO many flowers before . We also met with several new and beautiful birds , among others a red and a sky - blue one , many varieties of AND THE NILES . 37.
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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...