First Footsteps in East Africa: Or, An Explanation of HararLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1856 - 648 pages |
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Page 83
... hyæna . This animal swarms through- out the Somali country , prowls about the camps all night , dogs travellers , and devours every thing he can find , at times pulling down children and camels , and when violently pressed by hunger ...
... hyæna . This animal swarms through- out the Somali country , prowls about the camps all night , dogs travellers , and devours every thing he can find , at times pulling down children and camels , and when violently pressed by hunger ...
Page 176
... hyæna - like , the Bedouins cannot be trusted where blood may be shed : Glory is the having done all manner of harm . Yet the Eesa have their good points : they are not noted liars , and will rarely perjure themselves : they look down ...
... hyæna - like , the Bedouins cannot be trusted where blood may be shed : Glory is the having done all manner of harm . Yet the Eesa have their good points : they are not noted liars , and will rarely perjure themselves : they look down ...
Page 355
... hyæna on these occasions , we This is the Abyssinian " Tej , " a word so strange to Euro- pean organs , that some authors write it " Zatsh . " At Harar it is made of honey dissolved in about fifteen parts of hot water , strained and ...
... hyæna on these occasions , we This is the Abyssinian " Tej , " a word so strange to Euro- pean organs , that some authors write it " Zatsh . " At Harar it is made of honey dissolved in about fifteen parts of hot water , strained and ...
Page 644
... hyæna , 82. n . 83. n . Belief of the Somali as to the complex character of its sex , 83. n . Timidity of the Somal of the towns , 86 , 87. Their use of beads and tobacco as money , 86 , n . The " price of blood , " 87. n . 88 . Their ...
... hyæna , 82. n . 83. n . Belief of the Somali as to the complex character of its sex , 83. n . Timidity of the Somal of the towns , 86 , 87. Their use of beads and tobacco as money , 86 , n . The " price of blood , " 87. n . 88 . Their ...
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Abban Abyssinian Aden Allah Amir amongst animals appeared Arab Arabia arrived assir Ayyal Bedoos Bedouins Berberah Beuh Biyu Caffilah called camels caravan cattle chief clan cloth coast coffee companions crown 8vo danger Darud desert dollars Dulbahantas Eastern Africa Eesa Fatihah fear feet fire Fiumara Galla ghee Girhi ground Gudabirsi Gurgi Habr Awal Habr Gerhajis Hajj halted Hammal hand Harar head hills holcus horse hour hyæna Indian journey Kafirs kraal land Lieut Lieutenant Speke Long Guled Midgan miles milk Mohammed monsoon morning morocco Moslem mountains mules night noon passed plain plunder Post 8vo prayer present rain Second Edition servants Sharmarkay Shaykh sheep Shoa slave Somal Somali country spear stones Sultan thorns tobacco Tobe town traveller tree tribe valley village visited vols walls Warsingali watercourse whilst wild Wilensi women Woodcuts Yemen Yunis Zayla