First Footsteps in East Africa: Or, An Explanation of HararLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1856 - 648 стор. |
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... spear Lieut . Speke in cold blood , should be given up ; and secondly , that due compensation for all losses should be made by the plunderers . The former condition was approved by the Right Honorable the Governor- General of India ...
... spear Lieut . Speke in cold blood , should be given up ; and secondly , that due compensation for all losses should be made by the plunderers . The former condition was approved by the Right Honorable the Governor- General of India ...
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... spears † , and his sword - cut was recog- nisable . He is now a man about sixty years old , at least six feet two inches in stature , large - limbed , and raw - boned : his leanness is hidden by long wide robes . He shaves his head and ...
... spears † , and his sword - cut was recog- nisable . He is now a man about sixty years old , at least six feet two inches in stature , large - limbed , and raw - boned : his leanness is hidden by long wide robes . He shaves his head and ...
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... spears , point - upwards , in the corner ; those who have swords - the mark of respectability in Eastern Africa - place them at their feet . They shake the full hand ( I was reproved for offering the fingers only ) ; and when politely ...
... spears , point - upwards , in the corner ; those who have swords - the mark of respectability in Eastern Africa - place them at their feet . They shake the full hand ( I was reproved for offering the fingers only ) ; and when politely ...
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... spear admirably , and is a tolerable shot . Having re- ceived a liberal education at Mocha , he is held a learned man by his fellow - countrymen . Like his father he despises presents , looking higher ; with some trouble I persuaded him ...
... spear admirably , and is a tolerable shot . Having re- ceived a liberal education at Mocha , he is held a learned man by his fellow - countrymen . Like his father he despises presents , looking higher ; with some trouble I persuaded him ...
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... spear and shield , they carry bows and a quiver full of diminutive arrows , barbed and poisoned with the Waba , -a weapon used from Faizoghli to the Cape of Good Hope . Like the Veddah of Ceylon , the Midgan is a poor shot , and ...
... spear and shield , they carry bows and a quiver full of diminutive arrows , barbed and poisoned with the Waba , -a weapon used from Faizoghli to the Cape of Good Hope . Like the Veddah of Ceylon , the Midgan is a poor shot , and ...
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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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