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... Shooa - Fruitfulness of Shooa - Cultivation and Granaries - Absconding of Obbo Porters- " Wheels within Wheels " -Difficulty in starting South - Departure from Shooa — Fatiko Levée - Boundless Prairies - Fire the Prairies - Deceit of ...
... Shooa - Fruitfulness of Shooa - Cultivation and Granaries - Absconding of Obbo Porters- " Wheels within Wheels " -Difficulty in starting South - Departure from Shooa — Fatiko Levée - Boundless Prairies - Fire the Prairies - Deceit of ...
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... Shooa Moru - Hard Fare - Preparation for Death - Kamrasi's Tactics- The Bait takes - We are carried to the King's Camp - Rejoin the Turks ' Detachment - Their Welcome - Kamrasi seeks my Alliance- Deception of Kamrasi — M'Gambi has ...
... Shooa Moru - Hard Fare - Preparation for Death - Kamrasi's Tactics- The Bait takes - We are carried to the King's Camp - Rejoin the Turks ' Detachment - Their Welcome - Kamrasi seeks my Alliance- Deception of Kamrasi — M'Gambi has ...
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... Shooa- Arrive at Shooa - The Lira Tribe - Resemblance of Natives ' and Lawyers ' Wigs - Result of the Turks ' Razzias — Loss of Cattle by the Turks - The Fight with Werdella - Courage of Werdella — Werdella defeats the Turks - Murder of ...
... Shooa- Arrive at Shooa - The Lira Tribe - Resemblance of Natives ' and Lawyers ' Wigs - Result of the Turks ' Razzias — Loss of Cattle by the Turks - The Fight with Werdella - Courage of Werdella — Werdella defeats the Turks - Murder of ...
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... face 237 · · 258 Natives of Lira ( 1 ) and Madi ( 2 ) in the Camp at Shooa To face 261 My Examination by the Chiefs on entering Unyoro - Resolved , that I am Speke's Brother To face 281 XX LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . The Start from the M'rooli.
... face 237 · · 258 Natives of Lira ( 1 ) and Madi ( 2 ) in the Camp at Shooa To face 261 My Examination by the Chiefs on entering Unyoro - Resolved , that I am Speke's Brother To face 281 XX LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . The Start from the M'rooli.
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... . The Welcome on our Return to the Camp at Shooa Head of Black Rhinoceros The Chief of the Lira Tribe Skirmish with the Natives · · · To face 338 To face 411 421 422 430 1 20 10 Oasis 30 MEDITERRANEAN Alexandria Oasis Sibuto LIBYA.
... . The Welcome on our Return to the Camp at Shooa Head of Black Rhinoceros The Chief of the Lira Tribe Skirmish with the Natives · · · To face 338 To face 411 421 422 430 1 20 10 Oasis 30 MEDITERRANEAN Alexandria Oasis Sibuto LIBYA.
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Abyssinia accordingly Africa African elephant Albert lake animals antelopes appeared Arabs arrived Atbara attack Bacheeta Baker bank Bari beads Blue Nile boats buffalo camels camp canoe carried cattle CHAP chief commenced Commoro crowd dead deserted distance donkeys Edit elephant Ellyria English expedition feet Filfil fire following morning formed giraffes Globe 8vo Gondokoro ground guns head heard herd high grass hippopotami horse hour hundred Ibrahim Illustrated immediately ivory journey jungle Kamrasi Karuma Karuma Falls Katchiba Khartoum killed king Koorshid Latooka loads M'rooli Magungo Mahommed marsh miles mountains natives night Obbo party passed plantains porters present procure Prof rain razzia Richarn rifle river rocks rushed Saat savage season Shooa shot slaves Sobat Speke Speke and Grant spot stream Tétel town traders trees tribe Turks tusks Unyoro vakeel Victoria Nile village vols waterbuck White Nile wife wild women yards
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