Abyssinia and Its People: Or, Life in the Land of Prester JohnJ. C. Hotten, 1868 - 384 стор. Consists of quotations from accounts of various travelers to Abyssinia. |
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Abyssinia and Its People, Or, Life in the Land of Prester John John Camden Hotten Повний перегляд - 1868 |
Abyssinia and Its People, Or, Life in the Land of Prester John John Camden Hotten Повний перегляд - 1868 |
Abyssinia and Its People: Or, Life in the Land of Prester John John Camden Hotten Повний перегляд - 1868 |
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Aboona Abuna Abys Abyssinia Aden Adowa Amhara amongst ancient Antalo appear Arabs arms army arrived Axum Bardel Begemder Beke Blue Nile British camels camp Captain Cameron captives caravan chains chief Christian Church coast consul day.-6 hours day.-To death Dejaj Dejajmatch despatched district Egypt Egyptian Emperor Enarea England English Ethiopia European expedition favourable feudal Flad force French friends Gaffat Gallas Godjam Gondar Government governor inhabitants interior journey Kasai King Theodore King's Krapf land Lasta letter Magdala Mahomedans Majesty Majesty's Majesty's Government Massowah ment merchants miles military mission missionaries mountain mules Naib native Nile occupied officer Oobeay party Pasha person plain Plowden present priests prisoners province Rassam rebels received Red Sea regarded river road route Selasee sent Shankallas Shihos Shoa sinia Sokota soldiers Stern Taltals Teegray Theodorus Tigré tion trade traveller tribes troops Turkish Turks valley village White Nile
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Сторінка 38 - Having despatched his morsel, which he does very expeditiously, his next female neighbour holds forth another cartridge, which goes the same way, and so on till he is satisfied. He never drinks till he has finished eating ; and, before he begins, in gratitude to the fair ones...
Сторінка 232 - When aroused his wrath is terrible, and all tremble ; but at all moments he possesses a perfect self-command. Indefatigable in business, he takes little repose night or day ; his ideas and language are clear and precise ; hesitation is not known to him ; and he has neither councillors nor go-betweens.
Сторінка 36 - I may so call them, about twice as big as a pan-cake, and something thicker and tougher. It is unleavened bread of a sourish taste, far from being disagreeable, and very easily digested, made of a grain called teff.
Сторінка 31 - is all mountainous ; and it has been said, without any foundation in truth, that the Pyrenees, Alps, and Apennines, are but mole-hills compared to them. I believe, however, that one of the Pyrenees, above St. John Pied de Port, is much higher than Lamalmon ; and that the mountain of St. Bernard, one of the Alps, is full as high as Taranta, or rather higher. It is not the extreme height of the mountains in Abyssinia that occasions surprise, but the number of them, and the extraordinary forms they...
Сторінка 233 - He has suppressed the slave trade in all its phases, save that the slaves already bought may be sold to such Christians as shall buy them for charity : setting the example, he pays to the Mussulman dealers what price they please to ask for the slaves they bring to him, and then baptizes them.