Khartoum and the Blue and White Niles, Том 1Colburn & Company, 1852 |
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... village , composed of miser- able mud huts , about six feet high , sur- rounded by pigeon - houses ; for everybody seems to keep pigeons . We landed for a short time , and walked through the place , which we found inhabited by the lower ...
... village , composed of miser- able mud huts , about six feet high , sur- rounded by pigeon - houses ; for everybody seems to keep pigeons . We landed for a short time , and walked through the place , which we found inhabited by the lower ...
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... villages we visited , we found the inhabitants were all either very young , or elderly ; there were no persons of middle age ; and it can scarcely be conceived what a strange hiatus the absence of this link created . Returning on board ...
... villages we visited , we found the inhabitants were all either very young , or elderly ; there were no persons of middle age ; and it can scarcely be conceived what a strange hiatus the absence of this link created . Returning on board ...
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... villages . It was , no doubt , for these reasons , that their great river was associated by the ancient Egyptians with everything they held sacred . On its waters they performed their solemn pilgrimages ; celebrated their festivals and ...
... villages . It was , no doubt , for these reasons , that their great river was associated by the ancient Egyptians with everything they held sacred . On its waters they performed their solemn pilgrimages ; celebrated their festivals and ...
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... had gone but a short distance , when we came in view of a most charming scene , and in the midst rose the little village of Foua , composed of only a few mud huts , which , however , in this spot looked exceed- ingly AND THE NILES . 27.
... had gone but a short distance , when we came in view of a most charming scene , and in the midst rose the little village of Foua , composed of only a few mud huts , which , however , in this spot looked exceed- ingly AND THE NILES . 27.
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... village ; though much less clean , and commodious , than those of Cairo . There is , however , quite a European air of bustle in the town ; the population having no lack of employment , is not seen , as at Cairo , lolling about the ...
... village ; though much less clean , and commodious , than those of Cairo . There is , however , quite a European air of bustle in the town ; the population having no lack of employment , is not seen , as at Cairo , lolling about the ...
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