Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa: Being a Journal of an Expedition Undertaken Under the Auspices of H.B.M.'s Government, in the Years 1849-1855, Volume 3 |
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... Welád Slimán in Kánem , and who might have been of great service to me from his knowledge of the use of fire - arms and his bodily strength ; but he was not to be trusted , and desert . ed me in a rather shameful manner a little beyond ...
... Welád Slimán in Kánem , and who might have been of great service to me from his knowledge of the use of fire - arms and his bodily strength ; but he was not to be trusted , and desert . ed me in a rather shameful manner a little beyond ...
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... Welád Ráshid , waiting for better times . This good man described to me , with a deep feeling of sor- row , the taking of that large and wealthy town , under the command of the Fúlbe chiefs Malá - Rída , Mukhtár , and Hanníma , when the ...
... Welád Ráshid , waiting for better times . This good man described to me , with a deep feeling of sor- row , the taking of that large and wealthy town , under the command of the Fúlbe chiefs Malá - Rída , Mukhtár , and Hanníma , when the ...
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... Welád Rashid , whose settlements in Wádáy I have mentioned on a former occasion . Partly on this account , partly on account of his great religious knowledge , and his volubility of speech , he possessed great influence with all the ...
... Welád Rashid , whose settlements in Wádáy I have mentioned on a former occasion . Partly on this account , partly on account of his great religious knowledge , and his volubility of speech , he possessed great influence with all the ...
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... Welád Slímán , that section of the Berabísh to which belongs especially the chief Hámed Weled ' Abéda , who killed Major Laing , had bound themselves by an * Of the amount of the zek'a , I shall speak in another chapter . oath to put me ...
... Welád Slímán , that section of the Berabísh to which belongs especially the chief Hámed Weled ' Abéda , who killed Major Laing , had bound themselves by an * Of the amount of the zek'a , I shall speak in another chapter . oath to put me ...
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... Welád Slímán , the principal and most noble section of the Berabísh , had sworn to kill me ; and the people could not but think that there was some supernatural connection between the death of this man , at this place and at this period ...
... Welád Slímán , the principal and most noble section of the Berabísh , had sworn to kill me ; and the people could not but think that there was some supernatural connection between the death of this man , at this place and at this period ...
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