Central Africa: Naked Truths of Naked People: An Account of Expeditions to the Lake Victoria Nyanza and the Makraka Niam-Niam, West of the Bahr-el-Abiad (White Nile). |
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... tion to Makraka Niam - Niam - Return to Khartoum -Despatches of the Governor General to his High- ness - Reply of his Highness , the Prince Minister of War , Hussein Pacha , announcing my Nomination as Colonel , and Decoration- My ...
... tion to Makraka Niam - Niam - Return to Khartoum -Despatches of the Governor General to his High- ness - Reply of his Highness , the Prince Minister of War , Hussein Pacha , announcing my Nomination as Colonel , and Decoration- My ...
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... tion , and with him Lieutenant Hassan Wassif , Aide - de - Camp , also an officer of the General Staff of the Egyptian army . A host of friends were in attendance to bid me adieu ; not alone my comrades in arms , but many from a large ...
... tion , and with him Lieutenant Hassan Wassif , Aide - de - Camp , also an officer of the General Staff of the Egyptian army . A host of friends were in attendance to bid me adieu ; not alone my comrades in arms , but many from a large ...
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... tion ; in fact , three to four days is the limit , and unless his strength be greatly economized he will succumb the fourth day . His vaunted docility is generally the result of advanced age ; for when young he is vicious and at times ...
... tion ; in fact , three to four days is the limit , and unless his strength be greatly economized he will succumb the fourth day . His vaunted docility is generally the result of advanced age ; for when young he is vicious and at times ...
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... tion of these doubtless well - meant congratula- tions . " Berber is a collection of low mud - huts , with here and there a building only that has the pre- tensions of a house of European style or con- struction its tall palm and acacia ...
... tion of these doubtless well - meant congratula- tions . " Berber is a collection of low mud - huts , with here and there a building only that has the pre- tensions of a house of European style or con- struction its tall palm and acacia ...
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... tion by light - draft steamers is always practicable . Shendy is no less renowned as the place where Ismaïl Pacha , the son of the great Mehemet Ali , was assassinated in 1821 , and was in reprisal razed to the ground by the Egyptians ...
... tion by light - draft steamers is always practicable . Shendy is no less renowned as the place where Ismaïl Pacha , the son of the great Mehemet Ali , was assassinated in 1821 , and was in reprisal razed to the ground by the Egyptians ...
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Abou Saoûd accompanied Adjutant-Major Arab arrived attack Ba Beker Baba Tuka Bahr-el-Abiad banana banana groves bank Bari Berber boats Cairo camp Central Africa Chillouk Cloth command desert Dongolowee dourah dragoman elephant encamped Equatorial Provinces escort expedition fatigue Fatiko fearful feet fever fire Foueira Gebel Gondokoro Government Governor Highness the Khedive hippopotami honour horse Ibrahim ivory jungle Kahotah Karuma Falls Keba Rega Kellerman and Adam Khartoum Khedive king Lado Lake Albert Lake Victoria land Latroche Linant M'Tsé Makraka Niam-Niam merissa morning Mrooli Mtongoli natives negro Niam night Nile o'clock officers Pacha palace passed porters rain rendered Rionga river road route Saïd and Abd-el Saïd and Abd-el-Rahman Saubat savage Selim sent Sheik Shendy shore Sir Samuel Baker soldiers Soudanieh southward Speke steamer stream Suleiman Ticki-Ticki tion told tree tribes troops Ugunda Unyoro Urondogani Wat-el-Mek whilst Yanbari Zeriba
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