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The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran Arabs
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- Creator
- by Sir Samuel W. Baker
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- London : Macmillan and Co., 1867
- Physical Details
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- xxii, 2 unnumbered pages, 596 pages, 23 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps (some folded), portraits ; 23 cm
- OCLC
- ocm06211534
- Includes index.
- Illustrations from original sketches by Sir S. W. Baker.
- "R. Clay, Son, and Taylor, printers, London"--Colophon.
- Above the cataract -- Wild asses of the desert -- Route from Cassala to Souakim -- The storm -- Sheik Achmet Abou Sinn -- The departure -- The plagues of Egypt -- Form a raft with the sponging bath -- A few notes at Éhétilla -- The ford -- Old Neptune joins the party -- The lions find the buffalo -- A foreboding of evil -- Antelopes on the settite -- Abou Do is greedy -- We reach the Royān -- A camel falls, and dies -- Send a party to reconnoitre -- Arrival at Metemma, or Gallabat -- Fertility of the country on the banks of the Rahad -- We leave the dinder