First Footsteps in East Africa: Or, An Explanation of HararLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1856 - 648 стор. |
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... natural enough , the bravest weapon being generally the shortest - that which places a man hand to hand with his opponent . Some of the Kafir tribes have discontinued throwing the Assegai , and enter battle The Somali spear is a form of ...
... natural enough , the bravest weapon being generally the shortest - that which places a man hand to hand with his opponent . Some of the Kafir tribes have discontinued throwing the Assegai , and enter battle The Somali spear is a form of ...
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... natural causes : like the Kafirs , they are very prolific , but peculiarly bad mothers , neither loved nor respected by their children . The fair sex lasts longer in Eastern Africa than in India and Arabia : at thirty , how- ever ...
... natural causes : like the Kafirs , they are very prolific , but peculiarly bad mothers , neither loved nor respected by their children . The fair sex lasts longer in Eastern Africa than in India and Arabia : at thirty , how- ever ...
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... plurality of wives is the natural condition of man in thinly populated countries , where he who has the largest family is the greatest benefactor of his kind . those who can increase his wealth and importance . Divorce MARRIAGE . 121.
... plurality of wives is the natural condition of man in thinly populated countries , where he who has the largest family is the greatest benefactor of his kind . those who can increase his wealth and importance . Divorce MARRIAGE . 121.
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... natural consequence of being forced to find , in every corner where Fate drops you for a month , a " friend of the soul , " and a " moon - faced beauty . " With Orientals gene- rally , you must be on extreme terms , as in Hibernia ...
... natural consequence of being forced to find , in every corner where Fate drops you for a month , a " friend of the soul , " and a " moon - faced beauty . " With Orientals gene- rally , you must be on extreme terms , as in Hibernia ...
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... natural state ; the mustachios are clipped close , the straggling whisker is care- fully plucked , and the pile - erroneously considered impure is removed either by vellication , or by passing the limbs through the fire . The eyes of ...
... natural state ; the mustachios are clipped close , the straggling whisker is care- fully plucked , and the pile - erroneously considered impure is removed either by vellication , or by passing the limbs through the fire . The eyes of ...
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First Footsteps in East Africa: Or, An Explanation of Harar Sir Richard Francis Burton Повний перегляд - 1856 |
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