With Macdonald in Uganda: A Narrative Account of the Uganda Mutiny and Macdonald Expedition in the Uganda Protectorate and the Territories to the NorthE. Arnold, 1903 - 314 pàgines |
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Pàgina 7
... miles from the coast , in the middle of the Taru Desert . Captain Sclater , R.E. , who had lately constructed a cart road from Kibwezi to the Victoria Nyanza , met us on arrival at Mombasa , and handed over to us all his carts , oxen ...
... miles from the coast , in the middle of the Taru Desert . Captain Sclater , R.E. , who had lately constructed a cart road from Kibwezi to the Victoria Nyanza , met us on arrival at Mombasa , and handed over to us all his carts , oxen ...
Pàgina 8
... miles from our railhead camp . Travelling at the rate of about forty miles an hour down a steep incline , the engine jumped the rails at the bottom of the dip just before commencing a rise on the other side . The whole train was ...
... miles from our railhead camp . Travelling at the rate of about forty miles an hour down a steep incline , the engine jumped the rails at the bottom of the dip just before commencing a rise on the other side . The whole train was ...
Pàgina 9
... miles distant , at the Taru pools , about a mile beyond the scene of the acci- dent . Next morning , therefore , Macdonald sent Ferguson and me back by train to the scene of the wreck . We , fortu- nately , had an engine and an empty ...
... miles distant , at the Taru pools , about a mile beyond the scene of the acci- dent . Next morning , therefore , Macdonald sent Ferguson and me back by train to the scene of the wreck . We , fortu- nately , had an engine and an empty ...
Pàgina 10
... miles distant to the old water - hole , which is 1,000 feet up on the hillside above the neck separating the two hills . The oxen drawing the carts had drunk no water since they left railhead , and as the Voi River was still seventeen miles ...
... miles distant to the old water - hole , which is 1,000 feet up on the hillside above the neck separating the two hills . The oxen drawing the carts had drunk no water since they left railhead , and as the Voi River was still seventeen miles ...
Pàgina 11
... miles to Ndara Hill to fetch it , so we were not sorry to reach the Voi River on the 25th and enjoy a much- needed wash . A railway survey party , under Mr. Boothby , was camped on the Voi , and we enjoyed much hospitality from them ...
... miles to Ndara Hill to fetch it , so we were not sorry to reach the Voi River on the 25th and enjoy a much- needed wash . A railway survey party , under Mr. Boothby , was camped on the Voi , and we enjoyed much hospitality from them ...
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With Macdonald in Uganda: A Narrative Account of the Uganda Mutiny and ... Herbert Henry Austin Visualització completa - 1903 |
With Macdonald in Uganda: A Narrative Account of the Uganda Mutiny and ... Herbert Henry Austin Visualització completa - 1903 |
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accompanied amongst arrived Athi attack bank beads Bright brought Buddu Bukora bush C. R. ASHBEE camels camp Captain caravan carried carts chief cloth column command crossed Crown 8vo Demy 8vo deserted donkeys East Africa Edition Elgon expedition Ferguson flour force Fort Smith garrison goats and sheep grass Gule half miles halted hartebeeste hills Illustrations Jackson journey Kampala Karamojo Kavirondo Kibwezi Kikuyu Kirkpatrick large numbers Latuka leaving lion loads Lower Save Lubwa's Machakos main body Major Macdonald Manimani Masai Mbai McLoughlin Mombasa morning Mount Elgon Mruli Mumia's mutineers Mwani natives nett Ngaboto night nullah obtained officers oxen Pereira plain porters previously proceeded purchase railway Ravine station reached River road round sent Sikhs slopes Smith stream subsequently Sudanese Swahilis Thruston track Tracy transport animals traversed Turkana Turkwel Uganda Railway Uganda Rifles Unyoro villages Waganda Wasoga whilst wounded yards
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