Khartoum, and the Blue and White Niles, Том 2Colburn & Company, 1851 |
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... town , called Sudrenzu , where we shot three dozen doves ; they were flying about the place in swarms . Here an infant , in an almost hopeless state , was brought in to us , and some medicine having been given , the father presently ...
... town , called Sudrenzu , where we shot three dozen doves ; they were flying about the place in swarms . Here an infant , in an almost hopeless state , was brought in to us , and some medicine having been given , the father presently ...
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... made of hippopotamus's hide ; and as each of the sufferers had a wife , and each pos- sessed the power of screaming , their united concert in that way defies description . Dongola is a large mud town , with capa- cious 44 KHARTOUM.
... made of hippopotamus's hide ; and as each of the sufferers had a wife , and each pos- sessed the power of screaming , their united concert in that way defies description . Dongola is a large mud town , with capa- cious 44 KHARTOUM.
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George Melly. Dongola is a large mud town , with capa- cious streets , and pieces of ground without buildings . In one of these I counted six- teen large white and black eagles , moving about as unconcernedly as barn - door fowls . They ...
George Melly. Dongola is a large mud town , with capa- cious streets , and pieces of ground without buildings . In one of these I counted six- teen large white and black eagles , moving about as unconcernedly as barn - door fowls . They ...
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... town on the river , sixty miles north of Khartoum . This is a considerable circuit , and occupies two additional days . They declared that the other road was full of grass and water , which brought there many bad Bedouins . In the ...
... town on the river , sixty miles north of Khartoum . This is a considerable circuit , and occupies two additional days . They declared that the other road was full of grass and water , which brought there many bad Bedouins . In the ...
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... town of Wady Bashava , which consists of about a hundred and thirty summer - house looking tents , made of durra corn - stacks and mud . We purchased two sheep at ten piastres ( 2s . ) each — and a liberal quantity of weak beer , brewed ...
... town of Wady Bashava , which consists of about a hundred and thirty summer - house looking tents , made of durra corn - stacks and mud . We purchased two sheep at ten piastres ( 2s . ) each — and a liberal quantity of weak beer , brewed ...
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Стр. 110 - Architecture in these regions being in an extremely primitive condition, the arrangement of the streets is just what might be expected from the aspect of the houses. There are no spacious thoroughfares ; here and there appears something like a square, or space — but the perspective generally is by no means such as would satisfy the humblest European judgment in thu art of building.
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...