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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Page 37
... quarters inside the town rather inconvenient . The governor , to whom I sent a small present , treated me very hospitably , sending me a heifer , a large provision of rice , several dishes of prepared food , and two large bowls of milk ...
... quarters inside the town rather inconvenient . The governor , to whom I sent a small present , treated me very hospitably , sending me a heifer , a large provision of rice , several dishes of prepared food , and two large bowls of milk ...
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... quarters . Here we encamped on the north side , near a fine tamarind - tree , where millet was grown to a great extent . The south and west sides were surrounded by an extensive swamp or swampy water - course fed by the komádugu , and ...
... quarters . Here we encamped on the north side , near a fine tamarind - tree , where millet was grown to a great extent . The south and west sides were surrounded by an extensive swamp or swampy water - course fed by the komádugu , and ...
Page 73
... quarters which had been assigned to us , and which consisted of two clay rooms . Here I was en- abled to deposit all my property in security , no place in the whole of Sudán being so ill famed , on account of the numerous confla ...
... quarters which had been assigned to us , and which consisted of two clay rooms . Here I was en- abled to deposit all my property in security , no place in the whole of Sudán being so ill famed , on account of the numerous confla ...
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... Quarters built for the accommodation of strangers . 4. My own quarters . 6. Sánia , " or plantation , belonging to the sherif el Fási . 7. Hamlet , zangó , " belonging to A'nnur , the chief of the Kél - owi . 8. " Zangó " belonging to ...
... Quarters built for the accommodation of strangers . 4. My own quarters . 6. Sánia , " or plantation , belonging to the sherif el Fási . 7. Hamlet , zangó , " belonging to A'nnur , the chief of the Kél - owi . 8. " Zangó " belonging to ...
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... quarters in the town were preparing . There was an animated in- tercourse along my place of encampment , between the old capital and the new place Wagóje , which the governor had founded two years before ; and I received the compliments ...
... quarters in the town were preparing . There was an animated in- tercourse along my place of encampment , between the old capital and the new place Wagóje , which the governor had founded two years before ; and I received the compliments ...
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