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... powerful influence in the world's history , and such will be the great pulses of civilization , -the sources from which in a future , how- ever distant , will flow the civilization of the world . Egypt is the land whose peculiar ...
... powerful influence in the world's history , and such will be the great pulses of civilization , -the sources from which in a future , how- ever distant , will flow the civilization of the world . Egypt is the land whose peculiar ...
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... powerful force of well - armed men . For the traders there was no great difficulty , as they took the initiative in hostilities , and had fixed camps as " points d'appui ; " but for an explorer there was no alternative but a direct ...
... powerful force of well - armed men . For the traders there was no great difficulty , as they took the initiative in hostilities , and had fixed camps as " points d'appui ; " but for an explorer there was no alternative but a direct ...
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... powerful hippopotamus whip , with which he requested me to have his father thrashed , or he would never be gone . " Without indulging this amiable boy's desire , we shoved off ; the three vessels rowed into the middle of the river , and ...
... powerful hippopotamus whip , with which he requested me to have his father thrashed , or he would never be gone . " Without indulging this amiable boy's desire , we shoved off ; the three vessels rowed into the middle of the river , and ...
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... about four inches long of beads upon an iron wire ; this projects like the horn of a rhinoceros ; they are very ugly . The men are tall and powerful , armed with lances . They carry pipes that ✓ 40 SMOKING HABITS OF THE NUEHRS . [ CHAP .
... about four inches long of beads upon an iron wire ; this projects like the horn of a rhinoceros ; they are very ugly . The men are tall and powerful , armed with lances . They carry pipes that ✓ 40 SMOKING HABITS OF THE NUEHRS . [ CHAP .
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... powerful red beak , and excessively strong claws . is a perfect pest to the animals , and positively eats them into holes . The original object of the bird in settling upon the animal is to search for vermin , but it is not contented ...
... powerful red beak , and excessively strong claws . is a perfect pest to the animals , and positively eats them into holes . The original object of the bird in settling upon the animal is to search for vermin , but it is not contented ...
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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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