Stanley and the White Heroes in Africa: Being an Edition from Mr. Stanley's Late Personal Writings on the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition ... Including the Explorations and Adventures of Bruce, Mungo Park ... and OthersScammell, 1890 - 823 sayfa |
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Abyssinia accompanied adventure Africa animals Arabs arrived ascended attack Badagry Baker bank Barth beasts boat Boers Bornou Bruce canoes Cape Captain caravan carried Chaillu chief Christian Clapperton cloth coast Congo course crossed danger death desert distance Egypt elephant English expedition explorer farther Fasil feet fever Fezzan fire followed Full Gambia gave Gondar ground head hippopotamus Holub horse hundred interior journey king Kolobeng lake Lake Ngami Lake Tchad Lander Linyanti lion Livingstone Major Denham Makololo miles Mirambo mission missionary months mouth Mtesa natives nearly Niger night Nile Nyassa obliged once party passed Portuguese present reached received rhinoceros river sailed savage Sekeletu sent Shoshong sight slaves Speke Stanley stream sultan Taher Tetel tion told took town traveler tree tribes Ujiji Unyanyembe vessel village yards Yauri Zambesi Zanzibar
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Sayfa 159 - Suddenly, as we were yet creeping along, in a silence which made a heavy breath seem loud and distinct, the woods were at once filled with the tremendous barking roar of the gorilla.
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