From Hausaland to Egypt, Through the SudanConstable and Company, Limited, 1910 - 324 من الصفحات |
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Adamawa afternoon Anglo-Egyptian Sudan animals antelope Arabs Archambault arrived Bagirmi Bahr-el-Arab Bahr-el-Ghazal bank Bauchi beast Benué Blemmyes boat Bornu boys brook buffalo Bukuru bush camp canoes caravan carriers Central Africa Central Sudan chief civilisation clouds crossed Dangana Darfur Egypt Egyptian elephants European fadama feet deep followed forest French Fulani Garua German Government ground guinea-corn hartebeest Hausa herd hills hippos horses hunter huts journey Keffi Genji Khartum killed Kontagora Korbol Kreish Lake Chad land large number Lieut loads Lokoja looked Marua meat Mecca miles Mohammedan morning Moslem Musgun natives Ndele night Nilim Northern Nigeria Nubia oxen rain rainy season Raja rifles road rocks Sara-Kabba seemed sent Shambe Shari Valley Shari-Chad Protectorate shot Sinussi slave raiding soldiers spoor Sultan swamp tent tirailleurs tornado town traders trees tsetse fly village Wadai Wadda water-buck wounded yards Yola
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الصفحة 272 - New occasions teach new duties ; Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth ; Lo, before us gleam her camp-fires ! we ourselves must Pilgrims be, Launch our Mayflower, and steer boldly through the desperate winter sea, Nor attempt the Future's portal with the Past's blood-rusted key.
الصفحة 11 - The muffled drum's sad roll has beat The soldier's last tattoo; No more on life's parade shall meet That brave and fallen few. On Fame's eternal camping-ground Their silent tents are spread, And Glory guards, with solemn round, The bivouac of the dead.
الصفحة 272 - WHEN a deed is done for Freedom, through the broad earth's aching breast Runs a thrill of joy prophetic, trembling on from east to west, And the slave, where'er he cowers, feels the soul within him climb To the awful verge of manhood, as the energy sublime Of a century bursts full-blossomed on the thorny stem of Time.
الصفحة 160 - When the war-drum throbs no longer, And the battle-flags are furled In the parliament of man, The federation of the world.
الصفحة 270 - ... the northern parts of the Sudan, and the pagans in the south, through the establishment of peace, the encouragement of commerce, and the opening of these regions by a network of new highways, railways, and river communications, the better education of the Moslem and the prestige connected with his creed are enabling him to spread the faith of Mohammed in an almost unprecedented way amongst the independent pagan tribes. The Central Sudan is at present in a state of religious solution and should...
الصفحة 103 - It is also a shovel, but with a very long blade, only the end of which is strengthened with iron. The wooden part is perforated, and has two long cuts running the whole length so as to let some of the earth pass through. This third implement is used by men and women alike to dig the trenches between the rows of guineacorn.
الصفحة 11 - With a wonderful amount of tenacity he advanced in his careful and cautious way, made friends as he went, left no enemies behind, and thus slowly passed from land to land until he reached the Nile Valley.
الصفحة 198 - ... with directions and instructions. On the second day after leaving the Kotto we ascended through hill country to a plateau land, out of which single hills, between 1000 and 2000 feet in height, rise at frequent intervals. The height of these hills is probably some 3000 or 4000 feet above sea-level. The ground was covered with bush, and here and there were thick jungle, high grass and stretches of bamboo forest. Traces of elephants, buffaloes and lions crossed our track repeatedly. On the third...
الصفحة 198 - Eise at 6 am Rain still falling. Leave 6.30. The ground is terribly swampy. Several small brooks have become racing streams. After having passed through a swamp that has taken all the karifi (iron) — the Hausa expression for strength — out of my horse, my horse goes down with me in a stream. I get off with a sound soaking. Think of changing, when the rain commences again. May as well go on in my wet things. Wading through several small rivers, all of them running west into the Kotto, I walk on...
الصفحة 266 - ... number of cattle, horses, donkeys, sheep, goats, etc. There are also a considerable number of old men, women, and children in such a caravan. Practically all these drop out on the road. They die or are sold- The boys and young women are slaves which are taken as easily transported coinage to Mekka, where they are turned into ready money. The caravan which accompanied me, while suffering continually, only lost one of their old men. They had been very poor when they joined me at Fort Archambault,...