The Campaign of the Cataracts: Being a Personal Narrative of the Great Nile Expedition of 1884-5Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1887 - 389 σελίδες |
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Abu Hamad amid Arab army Assiout Assouan battalions Berber Birteh bivouac boats camels camp carried channel cloth extra coloured craft crew Crown 8vo Desert Column distance Dongola east Edition Egypt Egyptian enemy English Expedition feet 6 ft foot Fourth Cataract Gebel Barkal Gemai gilt edges granite granite knolls Hamdab hills horses Illustrated Indian infantry island Kaibar Khartoum Kirbekan Koko Korti Krooboys labour land looked lying Mamelukes Merawi Metemma miles Monassir months morning mounted troops native night Nile Nubian oars Old Dongola passed R. D. BLACKMORE rapid reached ridge River Column rocks ruins sails Sampson Low sand Sarras scene Second Cataract Semneh Shagghieh Shendy shore Shukook sight Small post 8vo soldiers soon Soudan spot Stafford steamer stood story stream temples Third Cataract to-day track-line vols voyageurs Wadi Halfa wild wind wrecked zeriba
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