10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AMBATCH»
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ambatch in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
ambatch and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Oars, Sails and Steam: A Picture Book of Ships
Far up the Nile they still make one that way, which they call an ambatch. The old
ones were finished off in long points which stuck up quite high above the water,
at the bow and stern. The ambatch is that way at the bow, but it doesn't seem to ...
2
Water Transport Origns & Early Evolution
In the Bari country between Rejaf and Nimule, whenever dugout canoes are not
available for crossing the Nile or one of its affluents, logs of the ambatch tree {
Herminiera elaphroxylon), an exceedingly light wood, lighter even than cork, are
...
3
Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London
They said that they could not get through the Ambatch to the southern shore of
the Lake, as it was deep marsh ; but that be3'ond the marsh there were many
villages and people. Leaving Kavalee soon after noon, I found that we soon
turned to ...
Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), 1878
4
Record of the Year: A Reference Scrap Book
They asked me where I was going, and having told them I was going to the end of
the lake, they replied, " You are already at the end of Hie lake ; you cannot get
beyond the ambatch, for the water is only so deep," showing me the height of
their ...
The ambatch is here almost excluded by the Vossia grass, but only to appear at
the mouth of the waters. . . . Here we came across numbers of Shillooks fishing in
their light canoes of ambatch, darting through the water almost as quickly as the ...
Isaac Bayley Balfour, Roland Thaxter, Vernon Herbert Blackman, 1902
6
Man and beast in eastern Ethiopia: From observations made in ...
The people who live on it cultivate the soil, and use canoes of peculiar
construction but " as light as corks," Major Powell-Cotton has carefully described
these canoes : they are built of the stems of the ambatch, a plant which grows
near the ...
Sir John Bland-Sutton, 1911
This country is called Quando, and the inhabitants are suspected of cannibalism.
19tA. — We cleared out of the river, and endeavoured to force a passage through
the ambatch, but all to no purpose, the am- batch-growth being very dense, ...
This country is called Quando, and the inhabitants are suspected of cannibalism.
19th. — We cleared out of the river, and endeavoured to force a passage through
the ambatch, but all to no purpose, the am- batch-growth being very dense, ...
Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), 1877
9
The Heart of Africa: Three Years' Travels and Adventures in ...
AMBATCH CANOES. 77 bank. Here we came across numbers of Shillooks
fishing in their light canoes of ambatch ; darting through the water almost as
swiftly as the fish themselves. This speed does not, however, prevent them from
having a ...
Georg August Schweinfurth, 1874
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Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society
This country is called Quando, and the inhabitants are suspected of cannibalism.
ldth. — We cleared out of the river, and endeavoured to force a passage through
the ambatch, but all to no purpose, the am- batch-growth being very dense, and ...
