 | New Church gen. confer - 1869 - 636 páginas
...picture of quiescent beauty, with a boundless sea in the background." He arrives at Mtesa' s palace. " It was a magnificent sight. A whole hill was covered...huts, such as I had never seen in Africa before. I was even more surprised to find the unusual ceremonies that awaited me. There courtiers of high dignity... | |
 | 1864 - 516 páginas
...the southward of the lake, Speke arrived on the 19th at the palace of King Mtesa. "It was," he says, "a magnificent sight: a whole hill was covered with...huts, such as I had never seen in Africa before." The mighty king was now reported to be sitting on his throne in the state hut of the third tier. I... | |
 | william harrison ainsworth - 1864 - 516 páginas
...southward of the lake, Speke arrived on the 19th at the palace of King Mtesa. " It was," he says, " a magnificent sight: a whole hill was covered with...huts, such as I had never seen in Africa before." The mighty king was now reported to be sitting on his throne in the state hut of the third tier. I... | |
 | Charles H. Jones - 1875 - 582 páginas
...came in sight of the king's kibnga, or palace, in the province of Bandawarogo, N. lat. 0° 21' 1У", and E. long. 32° 44' 30". It was a magnificent sight....'No, that would be considered indecent in Uganda; yon must draw up your men and fire your guns off, to let the king know you are here ; we will then... | |
 | william francis ainsworth - 1876 - 732 páginas
...its singular ruler may be acceptable. "It was," writes Speke, " a magnificent sight. A whole hill *as covered with gigantic huts, such as I had never seen in Africa Wore." Captain Speke wished to go up to the palace at once, but as we shall see corroborated by the... | |
 | 1878 - 496 páginas
...and we came in sight of the king's kibuga or palace, in the province of Baudawarogo, N. lat. 0° 21' 19", and E. long. 32° 44' 30". It was a magnificent...in Uganda ; you must draw up your men and fire your guus off, to let the king know you are here ; we will then show you your residence, and to-morrow you... | |
 | D. M. Kelsey - 1890 - 844 páginas
...minutes, nineteen seconds, and east longitude thirty-two degrees, forty-four minutes, thirty seconds. It was a magnificent sight. A whole hill was covered with gigantic huts, such as I had never ^een in Africa before. I wished to go up to the palace at once, but the officers said: ' No, that would... | |
 | Graham Connah - 2001 - 360 páginas
...archaeological information about a settlement that John Manning Speke, its first European visitor, described as 'a magnificent sight. A whole hill was covered with...gigantic huts such as I had never seen in Africa before' (Speke 1863: 283). It is indeed fortunate that such travellers left descriptions and illustrations... | |
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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... 