Expedition to discover the sources of the White Nile, in the years 1840, 1841, Vol. 2 (of 2)Werne, Ferdinand
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Expedition to discover the sources of the White Nile, in the years 1840, 1841, Vol. 2 (of 2)
Werne, Ferdinand
Nile River
KING LÀKONO’S PRIDE. — BEER KNOWN TO THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS. —
BAR OF ROCKS. — WAR-DANCE OF THE NATIVES. — DETERMINATION OF
THE TURKS TO RETURN, AND DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE AUTHOR. —
COMMENCEMENT OF THE RETURN VOYAGE. — REPUBLICANS IN THE KINGDOM
OF BARI. — VISIT OF THE FRENCHMEN TO MOUNT KORÈK. — REASON OF
THE AUTHOR’S AVERSION TO ARNAUD. — CONDUCT OF VAISSIÈRE, AND
SCENE IN HIS DIVAN. — CULTIVATION OF COTTON AT BARI. — APATHY
OF FEÏZULLA-CAPITAN AND THE CREW. — SUPERIORITY OF MAN TO WOMAN
IN A NATIVE STATE. — WATCH-HOUSES. 76
CHAPTER V.
RIVER BUFFALOES. — COMICAL APPEARANCE OF THE NATIVES. — WILLOWS.
— SPECIES OF STRAND-SNIPES. — MODESTY OF THE WOMEN, AND THEIR
APRONS. — THE LIÈNNS. — ORNAMENTS OF THIS TRIBE: THEIR TOKULS.
— THE SERIBA OR ENCLOSURE TO THE HUTS. — ENORMOUS ELEPHANT’S
TOOTH. — LUXURIANCE OF THE SOIL. — THE COUNTRY OF BAMBER. —
DESCRIPTION OF THE NATIVES. — MANNER OF CATCHING ELEPHANTS. —
ROYAL CRANES. — SPLENDID BARTER. — TRIBE OF THE BUKOS. —
STOICISM OF AN OLD NATIVE. — SLAVES. — HIPPOPOTAMI AND
CROCODILES. — THE TSHIÈRRS. — THE ELLIÀBS AND BÒHRS. —
DESCRIPTION OF THE FORMER TRIBE: THEIR WAR-DANCE. 102
CHAPTER VI.
EXAMINATION OF AN ARM OF THE NILE. — FORESTS ON THE BANKS. —
PRICE OFFERED IN ENGLAND FOR A LIVE HIPPOPOTAMUS. — THESE
ANIMALS RARELY MET WITH IN EGYPT. — THE LIÈNNS. — ROPES MADE
FROM THE LEAVES OF THE DOME-PALM. — UÈKA. — CHARACTER AND
DESCRIPTION OF THE LIÈNNS. — THE EMEDDI-TREE. — DÖBKER-TREE.
— COTTON-TREES. — THE TSHIÈRRS. — TRIBES OF THE BODSHOS AND
KARBORAHS. — LABYRINTHS OF THE WHITE STREAM. — BARTER WITH THE
KARBORÀHS: THEIR DRESS, ARMS, ORNAMENTS, ETC. — MOUNT NERKANJIN.
— ISLAND OF TUI. — THE KOKIS. — CONTEST WITH HIPPOPOTAMI. —
CROCODILES’ EGGS. — HOSTILITY OF THE TSHIÈRRS TO THE ELLIÀBS.
— EBONY CLUBS. — THE BÒHRS: THEIR SONGS, ORNAMENTS, ETC. —
ANT-HILLS. — “IRG-EL-MOJE” OR WATER-ROOT, A SPECIES OF
VEGETABLE. — VETCHES. — THE ANDURÀB OR ENDERÀB-TREE. — THE
DAKUIN-TREE. — A SOLDIER STABBED BY A NATIVE. — ANTIQUITY
OF DUNG-FIRES. 133
CHAPTER VII.
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