Khartoum, and the Blue and White Niles, Том 2Colburn & Company, 1851 |
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... side by a capacious bag of rice , and triumphantly surmounted by the kitchen- table : wretched beyond the whole wretched lot , must have been he who bore the huge boxes of culinary utensils swung on each side of him . But he did not ...
... side by a capacious bag of rice , and triumphantly surmounted by the kitchen- table : wretched beyond the whole wretched lot , must have been he who bore the huge boxes of culinary utensils swung on each side of him . But he did not ...
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... side , and has the river on the other . During the first three miles , we beheld nothing more lively than the skeletons of some camels , who had died under their burthens - a common feature in the landscape AND THE NILES . 7.
... side , and has the river on the other . During the first three miles , we beheld nothing more lively than the skeletons of some camels , who had died under their burthens - a common feature in the landscape AND THE NILES . 7.
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... side , the other camels , and their drivers , were similarly occupied near me the fifty hens were proceeding to devour the beans , that had been scattered for them , displaying a most pugnacious spirit at every heap , and making a ...
... side , the other camels , and their drivers , were similarly occupied near me the fifty hens were proceeding to devour the beans , that had been scattered for them , displaying a most pugnacious spirit at every heap , and making a ...
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... sides there is a species of covered balcony , sup- ported by columns - three square ones on one side , and one fluted ... side looking remarkably gay with its bright red , green , and yellow . There are numerous hieroglyphics still re ...
... sides there is a species of covered balcony , sup- ported by columns - three square ones on one side , and one fluted ... side looking remarkably gay with its bright red , green , and yellow . There are numerous hieroglyphics still re ...
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... dragoman approached us , having stayed behind to give his last orders . He gallops merrily up in his usual good humour , for he always looks on the bright side of all things . Our sheik rides in advance , the small 22 KHARTOUM.
... dragoman approached us , having stayed behind to give his last orders . He gallops merrily up in his usual good humour , for he always looks on the bright side of all things . Our sheik rides in advance , the small 22 KHARTOUM.
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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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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...