First Footsteps in East Africa: Or, An Explanation of HararLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1856 - 648 стор. |
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... horses and camels for the future use of the Expedition , and to collect speci- mens of the reddish earth which , according to the older African travellers , denotes the presence of gold dust . Lieut . Speke started on the 23rd October ...
... horses and camels for the future use of the Expedition , and to collect speci- mens of the reddish earth which , according to the older African travellers , denotes the presence of gold dust . Lieut . Speke started on the 23rd October ...
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... horse , a mule , or even a dog , is not to be found in the place . * " Fid - mer , " or the evening flyer , is the Somali name for a bat . These little animals are not disturbed in houses , because they keep off flies and mosquitoes ...
... horse , a mule , or even a dog , is not to be found in the place . * " Fid - mer , " or the evening flyer , is the Somali name for a bat . These little animals are not disturbed in houses , because they keep off flies and mosquitoes ...
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... horse ; Without lore an old man is a waterless wady ; Without modesty woman is bread without salt . " The other is a matron of Abyssinian descent , as her skin , scarcely darker than a gipsy's , her long and bright blue fillet , and her ...
... horse ; Without lore an old man is a waterless wady ; Without modesty woman is bread without salt . " The other is a matron of Abyssinian descent , as her skin , scarcely darker than a gipsy's , her long and bright blue fillet , and her ...
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... horses during the heat , and themselves during the dew- fall . Whenever , in the desert , where , says the proverb , all men are enemies you sight a fellow creature from afar , you wave the right arm violently up and down , shouting ...
... horses during the heat , and themselves during the dew- fall . Whenever , in the desert , where , says the proverb , all men are enemies you sight a fellow creature from afar , you wave the right arm violently up and down , shouting ...
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... horse- whip and inflicts memorable chastisement upon the fair person of his bride , with the view of taming any lurking propensity to shrewishness . * This is carrying out with a will the Arab proverb , So the old Muscovites , we are ...
... horse- whip and inflicts memorable chastisement upon the fair person of his bride , with the view of taming any lurking propensity to shrewishness . * This is carrying out with a will the Arab proverb , So the old Muscovites , we are ...
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First Footsteps in East Africa: Or, An Explanation of Harar Sir Richard Francis Burton Повний перегляд - 1856 |
First Footsteps in East Africa: Or, An Explanation of Harar Sir Richard Francis Burton Повний перегляд - 1856 |
First Footsteps in East Africa: Or, An Explanation of Harar Sir Richard Francis Burton Повний перегляд - 1856 |
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