Khartoum, and the Blue and White Niles, Том 2Colburn & Company, 1851 |
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... walk or amble is tolerably easy , but the long trot and the slow walk of the larger species jolts awfully , and any other pace is in- tolerable . All our preparations having been com- pleted , our crew gave us a cheer - not quite an ...
... walk or amble is tolerably easy , but the long trot and the slow walk of the larger species jolts awfully , and any other pace is in- tolerable . All our preparations having been com- pleted , our crew gave us a cheer - not quite an ...
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... walking away apparently quite at his leisure , when the gun was levelled at his head . Three caps were exploded in succession the rifle would not go off - and the jackall did . So we returned to the temple , very little satisfied with ...
... walking away apparently quite at his leisure , when the gun was levelled at his head . Three caps were exploded in succession the rifle would not go off - and the jackall did . So we returned to the temple , very little satisfied with ...
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... walk quietly to within shot of a covey of partridges ; then stop , and allow me a good aim at them . All camels , however , stand fire . The loading having been nearly completed , Mahomet pops his head into our tent and encourages us to ...
... walk quietly to within shot of a covey of partridges ; then stop , and allow me a good aim at them . All camels , however , stand fire . The loading having been nearly completed , Mahomet pops his head into our tent and encourages us to ...
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George Melly. the distance , makes them appear as if they were walking on water . Some of the Bedouins are sleeping on the camels with the lighter loads , and some hallooing with all their might to make the imperturbable beasts jog along ...
George Melly. the distance , makes them appear as if they were walking on water . Some of the Bedouins are sleeping on the camels with the lighter loads , and some hallooing with all their might to make the imperturbable beasts jog along ...
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... walking about , or are lying here and there quietly smoking . Our servants are cooking our desert dinner- everlasting Irish stews , and never - ending soupe à la Julienne . Appetite , however , seasons the humblest meal ; and ...
... walking about , or are lying here and there quietly smoking . Our servants are cooking our desert dinner- everlasting Irish stews , and never - ending soupe à la Julienne . Appetite , however , seasons the humblest meal ; and ...
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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...