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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... morning we left . " Tartar " stood the climate very well : he would run with the camels all day , and sometimes , when tired , we let him ride on some of the baggage . He would often run on ahead of us , and rest under the shade of some ...
... morning we left . " Tartar " stood the climate very well : he would run with the camels all day , and sometimes , when tired , we let him ride on some of the baggage . He would often run on ahead of us , and rest under the shade of some ...
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... get sufficient time to feed ; as , when on the march , all they can get , of course , is a mouthful of food snatched now and then as they are travelling , and they ought to have time given them to feed morning and evening . ON THE MARCH .
... get sufficient time to feed ; as , when on the march , all they can get , of course , is a mouthful of food snatched now and then as they are travelling , and they ought to have time given them to feed morning and evening . ON THE MARCH .
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... morning a very wretched - looking old woman came to us with a pitous tale of how she had been robbed of her all - a few dollars she had saved - by the telegraph people . I gave her a dollar , and her joy was unbounded : she insisted not ...
... morning a very wretched - looking old woman came to us with a pitous tale of how she had been robbed of her all - a few dollars she had saved - by the telegraph people . I gave her a dollar , and her joy was unbounded : she insisted not ...
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... morning . We marched rather over ten hours to make up for lost time , journeying along a plain from twelve to fif- teen miles wide , between the ranges of hills . Khors became rather more numerous , and were wider , showing that we were ...
... morning . We marched rather over ten hours to make up for lost time , journeying along a plain from twelve to fif- teen miles wide , between the ranges of hills . Khors became rather more numerous , and were wider , showing that we were ...
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... morning Jules complained of a bad attack of vomiting and diarrhoea . Our men declared that they must stop until noon to water and feed their camels , so that we did not feel that we had gained much by the long march of the previous day ...
... morning Jules complained of a bad attack of vomiting and diarrhoea . Our men declared that they must stop until noon to water and feed their camels , so that we did not feel that we had gained much by the long march of the previous day ...
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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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