The Wild Tribes of the Soudan: An Account of Personal Experiences and Adventures During Three Winters Spent in that Country Chiefly Among the Basé Tribe |
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... Suez . - Accounts of Abyssinian Raid in English and Egyptian Press . — Sulei- man's History . — We leave Cairo for England PAGE 220 CHAPTER XXIII . Berber . - Native Entertainments . - The Bazaars . - Visit to the School . Fine Breed of ...
... Suez . - Accounts of Abyssinian Raid in English and Egyptian Press . — Sulei- man's History . — We leave Cairo for England PAGE 220 CHAPTER XXIII . Berber . - Native Entertainments . - The Bazaars . - Visit to the School . Fine Breed of ...
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... Suez , en route for the Egyptian Soudan , with the intention of exploring the Basé country , a small tract lying between Taka ( an Egyptian province , of which Cassala is the principal town ) and Abyssinia . We were going chiefly for ...
... Suez , en route for the Egyptian Soudan , with the intention of exploring the Basé country , a small tract lying between Taka ( an Egyptian province , of which Cassala is the principal town ) and Abyssinia . We were going chiefly for ...
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... Suez and the African ports , and she had started before we had collected our party together . In this dilemma we fortunately were able to induce the captain of the British India Company's steamer “ Agra " to stop for us at Souakim on ...
... Suez and the African ports , and she had started before we had collected our party together . In this dilemma we fortunately were able to induce the captain of the British India Company's steamer “ Agra " to stop for us at Souakim on ...
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... Suez on December 2 , as she should have done , did not start until the 7th ; this was , however , fortunate , as one of our party ( Colvin ) was to join us there from Australia , and had she started on the right day he would have been ...
... Suez on December 2 , as she should have done , did not start until the 7th ; this was , however , fortunate , as one of our party ( Colvin ) was to join us there from Australia , and had she started on the right day he would have been ...
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... Suez , was in perfect health and spirits ; but when we came to take him out at Zagazig , a station about half - way between the two places , where we had to change trains , he was dead . They had been poisoning a great many dogs at ...
... Suez , was in perfect health and spirits ; but when we came to take him out at Zagazig , a station about half - way between the two places , where we had to change trains , he was dead . They had been poisoning a great many dogs at ...
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Abyssinians Africa Amedeb animals Anseba antelope appearance Arabs arrived Atbara Atbara river Aylmer bank Basé country Basé village Beni-Amer Berber Blue Nile brother buffalo bushes Cairo camel-drivers camels camp caravan Cassala Colvin Crown 8vo Dembelas desert dhoum-palms dhurra distance Dongola Egypt Egyptian encamped England expedition farther Fcap fired fish Gash gazelle grass ground Hadendowa Haikota Hamrans heard herd hill HIPPOPOTAMUS huts hyænas Illustrations Jeddah journey Jules Khartoum Khor Baraka Khor Meheteb Koolookoo Lacatecourah leaving lion Lort Phillips Mareb Massawa miles morning mountain natives nellut never night obtained party plenty Portrait Post 8vo rain rifle river river's bed sand sand-grouse Sanheit seen servants Settite Sheik Achmed shooting shot Sogada soon Souakim Soudan steamer Suez Suleiman tents tétél told took town tracks travelled trees tribe Vols Wady Halfah White Nile Woodcuts wounded yards zariba
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