Lake Ngami: Or, Explorations and Discoveries During Four Years' Wanderings in the Wilds of Southwestern AfricaHarper & brothers, 1856 - 521 sider |
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... mile of the town . The alarm being given , a number of coun- try people , armed with such weapons as were at hand , rushed to the spot with an intention of dispatching the monster . Its appearance , however , was so formidable , that ...
... mile of the town . The alarm being given , a number of coun- try people , armed with such weapons as were at hand , rushed to the spot with an intention of dispatching the monster . Its appearance , however , was so formidable , that ...
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... miles north of the Cape . He strongly rec- ommended us to select this place as the starting - point for our journey into the interior , which opinion was confirmed by some missionaries whom we met in Cape - Town , and who had a ...
... miles north of the Cape . He strongly rec- ommended us to select this place as the starting - point for our journey into the interior , which opinion was confirmed by some missionaries whom we met in Cape - Town , and who had a ...
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... mile of the shore . The great disadvantage of Walfisch Bay is that no fresh water can be found near the beach ; but at a distance of three miles inland abundance may be obtained , as also good pasturage for cattle . I mention this ...
... mile of the shore . The great disadvantage of Walfisch Bay is that no fresh water can be found near the beach ; but at a distance of three miles inland abundance may be obtained , as also good pasturage for cattle . I mention this ...
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... mile into the interior , and is separated from the sea , on the west side , by Pelican Point . This lagoon teems with various kinds of fish , and at low water , many that have lingered behind are left sprawling helplessly in the mud ...
... mile into the interior , and is separated from the sea , on the west side , by Pelican Point . This lagoon teems with various kinds of fish , and at low water , many that have lingered behind are left sprawling helplessly in the mud ...
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... mile of the shore , and , as soon as she was safely anchored , we proceeded to reconnoitre the neighborhood . The first thing which attracted our attention was a mirage of the most striking character and intensity of effect . Ob- jects ...
... mile of the shore , and , as soon as she was safely anchored , we proceeded to reconnoitre the neighborhood . The first thing which attracted our attention was a mirage of the most striking character and intensity of effect . Ob- jects ...
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abundance Africa animals appearance approach arrival assegai Barmen beast became Bechuanas bird black rhinoceros bushes Bushmen Cape Cape Colony Cape-Town cattle cause chase chief course Damara-land Damaras death distance dogs Eikhams elephants encampment feet fire flesh Galton gemsbok giraffe gnoo grass Griqua ground habits Hahn head Hill-Damaras hippopotami horns horse Hottentot hundred hyænas Jonker Afrikaner journey Kahichenè killed kind kraal Lake Lake Ngami lion miles missionary moreover morning mountain Namaqua-land Namaquas Nangoro natives nearly never Ngami night obtained occasion Okamabuti Omanbondè once Ondara Orange River ostrich Ovambo oxen party piece rain rain-maker reached rhinoceros Richterfeldt river savage Scheppmansdorf Schmelen's Hope season seen short shot skin soon species spot stone suddenly Swakop thing Timbo tion told tree tribe unfrequently wagons Walfisch Bay werft white rhinoceros whole wild wounded Zwartbooi
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Side 326 - The names of those who love the Lord." "And is mine one?" said Abou. "Nay, not so,
Side 269 - Onward they came, a dark continuous cloud Of congregated myriads numberless, The rushing of whose wings was as the sound Of a broad river, headlong in its course Plunged from a mountain summit; or the roar Of a wild ocean in the autumn storm, Shattering its billows on a shore of rocks.
Side 47 - ... though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsula, without admiration. Can that Being (thought I) who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears of so small importance, look with unconcern upon the situation and sufferings of creatures formed after his own image? — surely not!
Side 239 - With the silent Bush-boy alone by my side : Away — away — in the Wilderness vast, Where the White Man's foot hath never passed, And the quivered Coranna or Bechuan Hath rarely crossed with his roving clan : A region of emptiness, howling and drear, Which Man hath abandoned from famine and fear...
Side 235 - Finding that we were quickly gaining upon them, the male at once slackened his pace, and diverged somewhat from his course ; but seeing that we were not to be diverted from our purpose, he again increased his speed, and with wings drooping so as almost to touch the ground, he hovered round us, now in wide circles, and then decreasing the circumference till he came almost within pistol-shot, when he...
Side 238 - And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may break them.
Side 249 - The head and neck of an ostrich are stuffed, and a small rod introduced. The Bushman intending to attack game whitens his legs with any substance he can procure. He places the feathered saddle on his shoulders, takes the bottom part of the neck in his right hand, and his bow and poisoned arrows in his left. Such as the writer has seen were most perfect mimics of the ostrich, and at a few hundred yards...
Side 98 - ... every screw in our boxes had been drawn, and the horn handles of our instruments as well as our combs, were split into fine laminae. The lead dropped out of our pencils, our...
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Side 441 - ... proposal, when another peal of mirth ensued. Mahuto, who was a sensible and shrewd woman, stated that the plan, though hopeless, was a good one, as she often thought our custom was much better than theirs. It was reasonable that woman should attend to household affairs, and the lighter parts of...