Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the NileHarper, 1864 - 590 páginas |
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Página xxiv
... fear there is very little chance ; for at present the African neither can help himself nor will he be helped by others , because his country is in such a constant state of turmoil he has too much anxiety on hand looking out for his food ...
... fear there is very little chance ; for at present the African neither can help himself nor will he be helped by others , because his country is in such a constant state of turmoil he has too much anxiety on hand looking out for his food ...
Página xxviii
... fear or worship , they have no love for truth , honor , or honesty . Con- trolled by no government , nor yet by home ties , they have no reason to think of or look to the future . Any venture attracts them when hard - up for food ; and ...
... fear or worship , they have no love for truth , honor , or honesty . Con- trolled by no government , nor yet by home ties , they have no reason to think of or look to the future . Any venture attracts them when hard - up for food ; and ...
Página xxix
... fear to venture among the " savages . " Suppose you give him a box of bottles to carry , or a desk , or any thing else that re- quires great care , and you caution him of its contents , the first thing he does is to commence swinging it ...
... fear to venture among the " savages . " Suppose you give him a box of bottles to carry , or a desk , or any thing else that re- quires great care , and you caution him of its contents , the first thing he does is to commence swinging it ...
Página 44
... fear- lessly , though a single individual with property would stand no chance , for they are insatiable thieves . But little is seen of these people on the journey , as the chiefs take their taxes by deputy , partly out of pride , and ...
... fear- lessly , though a single individual with property would stand no chance , for they are insatiable thieves . But little is seen of these people on the journey , as the chiefs take their taxes by deputy , partly out of pride , and ...
Página 49
... fear nothing , go where we would . From this place a good view is obtained of Uzégŭra . Beyond the flat alluvial valley of the Kingani , seven to eight miles broad , the land rises suddenly to a table - land of no great height , on ...
... fear nothing , go where we would . From this place a good view is obtained of Uzégŭra . Beyond the flat alluvial valley of the Kingani , seven to eight miles broad , the land rises suddenly to a table - land of no great height , on ...
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Africa antelope Arabs arrived asked Baraka beads begged black rhinoceros boats Bogué boma Bombay brothers brought Budja called camp chief Chopi circ cloth coast court cows Dagara Deserted drums drupe farther flowers Frij Gani gave give goats Gondokoro Grant grass ground guns head heard hills hippopotami Hochst hongo ivory journey K'yengo Kamrasi kamraviona Karagué Kazé Kidgwiga Kidi king king's Kingani knew lake leaves loads Lumérési Madi Mahamed Manua Séra Maula mbugu Mbumi morning Mtésa Musa Musa's mzungu N'yanza n'yanzigged natives never night Nile officers once orders palace Petherick plantains porters pot of pombé present queen river Rumanika sent Sheikh shooting shot slaves spears Suwarora thing thought told took tree turned Uganda Ugogo Unyoro Usoga Usui village Waganda Wahŭma waiting wakungu walked Wanguana Wanyamŭézi Wanyoro wires wished women Zanzibar
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Página 284 - The king, a good-looking, well-figured, tall young man of twenty-five, was sitting on a red blanket spread upon a square platform of royal grass, encased in tiger-grass reeds, scrupulously well dressed in a new mlugu (coat of bark-cloth).
Página 284 - On one arm was another bead ornament, prettily devised; and on the other a wooden charm, tied by a string covered with snake-skin. On every finger and every toe he had alternate brass and copper rings; and above the ankles, halfway up to the calf, a stocking of very pretty beads.
Página 40 - It is remarkable that the Hindus have christened the source of the Nile Amara, which is the name of a country at the north-east corner of the Victoria N'yanza. This, I think, shows clearly, that the ancient Hindus must have had some kind of communication with both the northern and southern ends of the Victoria N'yanza.
Página 429 - ... boats and taking post on all the rocks with rod and hook, hippopotami and crocodiles lying sleepily on the water, the ferry at work above the falls, and cattle driven down to drink at the margin of the lake, made, in all, with the pretty nature of the country — small hills, grassy-top ped, with trees in the folds, and gardens on the lower slopes — as interesting a picture as one could wish to see.
Página 275 - ... another soldier comes to take his place. One of the soldiers, as the young ladies passed him, besought them to have the charity to bring him a little water, adding that he was very ill, and that it would be as much as his life was worth to go and fetch it himself.
Página 263 - Drumming, singing, screaming, yelling, and dancing had been going on these last two days and two nights to drive the phepo or devil out of a village. The whole of the ceremonies were most ludicrous. An old man and woman, smeared with • white mud, and holding pots of pombe" in their laps, sat in front of a hut, while other people kept constantly bringing them baskets full of plantain-squash, and more pots of pombe". In the courtyard fronting them were hundreds of men and women dressed in smart mbugus...
Página 282 - Arabs are obliged to do, nor to make my obeisance in any other manner than is customary in England, though the Arabs had told me that from fear they had always complied with the manners of the court. I felt that if I did not stand up for my social position at once, I should be treated with contempt during the remainder of my visit, and thus lose the vantage-ground I had assumed of appearing rather as a prince than a trader, for the purpose of better gaining the confidence of the king. To avert over-hastiness,...
Página 276 - It was a magnificent sight. A whole hill was covered with gigantic huts, such as I had never seen in Africa before. I wished to go up to the palace at once, but the officers said " No, that would be considered indecent in Uganda...
Página 414 - On the way home, one of the king's favorite women overtook us, walking, with her hands clasped at the back of her head, to execu-tion, crying ' N'yawo!' in the most pitiful manner. A man was preceding her, but did not touch her; for she loved to obey the orders of her king voluntarily, and, in consequence of previous attachment, was permitted, as a mark of distinction, to walk free. Wondrous world! it is not ten minutes since we parted from the king, yet he had found time to transact this bloody...