The Sacred City of the Ethiopians: Being a Record of Travel and Research in Abyssinia in 1893Longmans, Green and Company, 1896 - 309 pages |
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... remarkable , and here , as in modern Greece , S.S. Michael and George are the two saints who usually preside over them . At the hour of twelve the bathing was to take place , so we determined to look on ; the halt and the maimed of both ...
... remarkable , and here , as in modern Greece , S.S. Michael and George are the two saints who usually preside over them . At the hour of twelve the bathing was to take place , so we determined to look on ; the halt and the maimed of both ...
Page 90
... remarkable in Abyssinia . Precipitous basaltic rocks descend down into the broad valley beneath , tumbling over one another in wild confusion . A few years ago the valley here was the haunt of elephants , who came to feed on the trees ...
... remarkable in Abyssinia . Precipitous basaltic rocks descend down into the broad valley beneath , tumbling over one another in wild confusion . A few years ago the valley here was the haunt of elephants , who came to feed on the trees ...
Page 122
... to admit of the curve passing in . The scarcity of fodder and grain in the Adoua market was most remarkable ; we could not get any oats for our mules , which wanted them badly , nor any flour 122 THE SACRED CITY OF THE ETHIOPIANS.
... to admit of the curve passing in . The scarcity of fodder and grain in the Adoua market was most remarkable ; we could not get any oats for our mules , which wanted them badly , nor any flour 122 THE SACRED CITY OF THE ETHIOPIANS.
Page 226
... remarkable descent we enjoyed scenery of the most exquisite character ; before us lay stretched the whole length of the high plateau of Kohaito , from which it seemed almost impossible to imagine that we had only returned the day before ...
... remarkable descent we enjoyed scenery of the most exquisite character ; before us lay stretched the whole length of the high plateau of Kohaito , from which it seemed almost impossible to imagine that we had only returned the day before ...
Page 236
... remarkable manner to verify Bent's hypothesis . I read and deciphered the above inscription before Bent communicated his supposi- tion to me in the above - given letter , but now I recognise in A. W. M. ' the old Ava , as in M. at the ...
... remarkable manner to verify Bent's hypothesis . I read and deciphered the above inscription before Bent communicated his supposi- tion to me in the above - given letter , but now I recognise in A. W. M. ' the old Ava , as in M. at the ...
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