The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs |
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Abou Sinn Abyssinia accordingly aggageers animal antelopes appeared Arabs arrived Atbara river Bacheet Baggar bank Basé beast beautiful beneath Berber bush camels camp Cassala CHAP commenced crocodile date palms deep desert dhurra distance dome palm double rifle dragoman dromedary Egypt Egyptian elephant exceedingly extremely feet fire fish flocks Florian following morning formed gazelles giraffes goats Gozerajup grass ground Hadji Achmet half halt head herd hippo hippopotamus horse hundred yards hunt hunters hyænas hygeens inches journey jungle killed Korosko lion little Fletcher Lower Egypt Mahomet Mek Nimmur miles mimosas night Nile Nubian party piastres pool rain rainy season rhinoceros rifle rocks rush sand Settite sheik shot shoulder side simoom skin Sofi soil species spot stalking stream supply surface sword table land tent tétel thick thorns Tokrooris travelling trees tribes Upper Egypt valley village Wat el Négur water-skin White Nile wife wild wind women
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Page 128 - ... myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels.
Page 128 - BEHOLD, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's 116 beard : that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
Page 133 - And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place.
Page 327 - NEPTUNE. 321 ungainly head and form of the furious hippopotamus, who, springing half out of the water, lashed the river into foam, and, disdaining the concealment of the deep pool, he charged straight up the violent rapids. With extraordinary power he breasted...
Page 133 - And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth. And...
Page 325 - About half a mile below this spot, as we clambered over the intervening rocks through a gorge which formed a powerful rapid, I observed, in a small pool just below the rapid, an immense- head of a hippopotamus close to a perpendicular rock that formed a wall to the river, about six feet above the surface. I pointed out the hippo to old Abou Do, who had not seen it. " At once the gravity of the old Arab disappeared, and the energy of the hunter was exhibited as he motioned us to remain, while he ran...
Page 131 - The Lord has sent a grievous famine upon the land," or "The Lord called for a famine and it came upon the land." Should their cattle fall sick, it is considered to be an affliction by divine command ; or should the flocks prosper and multiply...
Page 132 - Should the present history of the country be written by an Arab scribe, the style of the description would be purely that of the Old Testament, and the various calamities, or the good fortunes that have, in the course of nature, befallen both the tribes and individuals would be recounted either as special visitations of divine wrath or blessings for good deeds performed. If in a dream a particular course of action is suggested, the Arab believes that God has spoken and directed him. The Arab scribe...
Page 173 - ... severs the back sinew. He immediately jumps out of the way and remounts his horse ; but, if the blow is successful, the elephant becomes disabled by the first pressure of its foot upon the ground ; the enormous weight of the animal dislocates the joint, and it is rendered helpless. The hunter who has hitherto led the elephant...
Page 56 - Hardly had I raised my head to listen more attentively when a confusion of voices arose from the Arabs' camp, with a sound of many feet, and in a few minutes they rushed into my camp, shouting to my men in the darkness, " El Bahr ! El Bahr !