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... heard groaning in the marsh , not far from the spot where he was supposed to have fallen . About forty men took their guns and knives , intent upon beefsteaks , and waded knee- deep in mud and water through the high grass of the morass ...
... heard groaning in the marsh , not far from the spot where he was supposed to have fallen . About forty men took their guns and knives , intent upon beefsteaks , and waded knee- deep in mud and water through the high grass of the morass ...
Page 36
... heard a distant yelling , and shot fired after shot , about twenty times , in quick suc- cession . I saw with the telescope a crowd of men about three hundred yards distant , standing on a white ant - hill raised above the green sea of ...
... heard a distant yelling , and shot fired after shot , about twenty times , in quick suc- cession . I saw with the telescope a crowd of men about three hundred yards distant , standing on a white ant - hill raised above the green sea of ...
Page 37
... heard him calling for assistance . Instead of hastening in a body to his aid , they called to him to " keep quiet and the buffalo would leave him . " This is a sample of the courage 38 WINDINGS OF THE WHITE NILE . [ CHAP .
... heard him calling for assistance . Instead of hastening in a body to his aid , they called to him to " keep quiet and the buffalo would leave him . " This is a sample of the courage 38 WINDINGS OF THE WHITE NILE . [ CHAP .
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... heard of so disgusting a country as that bordering the White Nile from Khartoum to this point . Course S.E. as nearly as I can judge , but the endless windings , and the absence of any mark as a point , make it difficult to give an ...
... heard of so disgusting a country as that bordering the White Nile from Khartoum to this point . Course S.E. as nearly as I can judge , but the endless windings , and the absence of any mark as a point , make it difficult to give an ...
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... heard snorting in the high reeds both day and night , but we see very few . The black women on board are daily quarreiling together and fighting like bull - dogs ; little Gaddum Her is a regular black toy terrier , rather old ...
... heard snorting in the high reeds both day and night , but we see very few . The black women on board are daily quarreiling together and fighting like bull - dogs ; little Gaddum Her is a regular black toy terrier , rather old ...
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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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