This is a list of all the questions and their associated study carrel identifiers. One can learn a lot of the "aboutness" of a text simply by reading the questions.
| identifier | question |
|---|---|
| 16672 | Did you see the stripes of the tiger? |
| 16672 | If Nsama could not stand before the Malongwana or traders, how can we face them? |
| 16672 | Oh,said he,"I am magistrate, shall I apprehend them?" |
| 16672 | What do you wish to buy, if not slaves or ivory? |
| 16672 | What right had we to come that way, seeing the usual path was to our left? |
| 16672 | Abraham came at night:"Sir, what shall I do? |
| 16672 | All the Waiyau had helped me, and why not he? |
| 16672 | Am I to be cut out by some one discovering southern fountains of the river of Egypt, of which I have now no conception? |
| 16672 | But I inquired,"How can you believe the Arab so easily?" |
| 16672 | But why should we be so prone to criticise? |
| 16672 | Can it be a tradition of its being like the tree of life, which Archbishop Whately conjectures may have been used in Paradise to render man immortal? |
| 16672 | Did the people give the name Kumbé to the tree after the value of the gum became known to them? |
| 16672 | Did you not know that the country people would take advantage of your march, encumbered as you will be by women and slaves?" |
| 16672 | He answered with the usual reason,"But who would cook for strangers if I had but one?" |
| 16672 | He asked, if he went to Bombay what ought he to take to secure some gold? |
| 16672 | He had an abortive toe where his knee should have been; some said to his mother,"Kill him;"but she replied,"How can I kill my son?" |
| 16672 | He had heard of our want of food and of a band of sepoys, and what could the English think of doing but putting an end to the slave- trade? |
| 16672 | I asked a man who came to see what the arrival was, for a hut; he said,"Do strangers require huts, or ask for them at night?" |
| 16672 | I replied,"Ivory,"he rejoined,"Would slaves not be a good speculation?" |
| 16672 | I wonder if this"bubbling or boiling over"has been preserved as the form in which the true prophets of old gave forth their"burdens"? |
| 16672 | If they can not keep them, why buy them-- why put their money into a bag with holes? |
| 16672 | Is that not what is meant in"Blessed is he that considereth the poor"? |
| 16672 | Lunga, another river, comes out of nearly the same spot which goes into the Leuñge, Kafué(?). |
| 16672 | Settlers have carried the house- fly in bottles and boxes for their new locations, but what European insect will follow us and extirpate the tsetse? |
| 16672 | Some think, with great probability, that he asks,"Why did you begin a war if you wanted to leave so soon? |
| 16672 | The camwood(?) |
| 16672 | Their great argument is,"What could we do without Arab cloth?" |
| 16672 | What could I do?" |
| 16672 | Why not wait at the Kalungosi? |
| 16672 | Would this not prove valuable in the soil of India? |
| 16672 | [ 51] Elais, sp.(?). |
| 16672 | _ Note_.--The Choma is said by Mohamad bin Saleh to go into Tanganyika(??). |
| 16672 | _ Note_.--The Choma is said by Mohamad bin Saleh to go into Tanganyika(??). |
| 2519 | And has his present a cough too,remarked one of our party,"that it does not come to us? |
| 2519 | And how much did you get for yourself? |
| 2519 | Did you never,he was asked,"have a fit of travelling come over you; a desire to see other lands and people?" |
| 2519 | Do they wear such things in your country? |
| 2519 | Do you not see how he is trembling now? |
| 2519 | Is the cloth taken? |
| 2519 | Is this country good for cattle? |
| 2519 | Is this the way to come into a man''s village, without sending him word that you are coming? |
| 2519 | Ma,inquired a little girl,"why grind in the dark?" |
| 2519 | Shall we interfere? |
| 2519 | Then why did n''t you go yonder at first? |
| 2519 | Then you have seen white men before? |
| 2519 | There is a lake,said he,"for how could the white men know about it in a book if it did not exist?" |
| 2519 | Truly,he replied,"do you not see abundance of those grasses which the cattle love, and get fat upon?" |
| 2519 | Was he asleep? 2519 We are strangers,"answered Masakasa,"why do you not bring us some food?" |
| 2519 | What do I care for this country? |
| 2519 | What have you got there? |
| 2519 | What would these insects eat, if we did not pass this way? |
| 2519 | Why did you fire a gun, a little while ago? |
| 2519 | Why do the women wear these things? |
| 2519 | Why do you wash? |
| 2519 | You a chief, eh? 2519 You did not wish to die on the field, you wished to die at home, did you? |
| 2519 | _ We_ come from the interior,cried out a tall fellow, measuring some six feet four,"are_ we_ dwarfs? |
| 2519 | After a short silence he said to Masakasa,"You are with the white people, so why do you not tell them to give me a cloth?" |
| 2519 | Are you not ashamed of yourself? |
| 2519 | Asking the Makololo whence they came, Bonga rejoined,"Why do you come from my enemy to me? |
| 2519 | Can thick lips ever have been thought beautiful, and this mode of artificial enlargement resorted to in consequence? |
| 2519 | Could he not see the channel was somewhere else?" |
| 2519 | Do you not see Pangola?" |
| 2519 | For a second or two dusky forms appeared among the trees, and the Mazitu were asked, in their own tongue,"What do you want?" |
| 2519 | Having told him that we were hurrying on because the rains were near,"Are they near?" |
| 2519 | How are we to live?" |
| 2519 | How then can such a mass of iron float? |
| 2519 | Is this the fear and the dread of man, which the Almighty said to Noah was to be upon every beast of the field? |
| 2519 | Is this the way your chief treats strangers, receives their present, and sends them no food in return?" |
| 2519 | Masiko adding,"What do you say?" |
| 2519 | Men have beards and whiskers; women have none; and what kind of creature would a woman be without whiskers, and without the pelele? |
| 2519 | Need it be said we never let Tuba go without that meal again? |
| 2519 | Sacred to what deity would be this awful chasm and that dark grove, over which hovers an ever- abiding"pillar of cloud"? |
| 2519 | Sebituane, with all his veterans, could not withstand that enemy; and how could they be resisted, now that most of the brave warriors were dead? |
| 2519 | The first question put to us at the lake crossing- places, was,"Have you come to buy slaves?" |
| 2519 | The honey- guide is an extraordinary bird; how is it that every member of its family has learned that all men, white or black, are fond of honey? |
| 2519 | The people had brought a little corn with them; but they said,"What shall we eat when that is done? |
| 2519 | The women are as ugly as those on Lake Nyassa, for who can be handsome wearing the pelele, or upper- lip ring, of large dimensions? |
| 2519 | They hailed us from the bank in the evening with"Why do n''t you come and sleep onshore like other people?" |
| 2519 | Things for sale, or do you want to sell anything? |
| 2519 | To the question,"Would they work for Europeans?" |
| 2519 | What sort of man are you?" |
| 2519 | Why did he allow the boat to come there? |
| 2519 | You call yourself a chief, do you? |
| 2519 | You have not the heart of a chief; why do n''t you kill your own beef? |
| 2519 | are you?" |
| 2519 | eagerly inquired an old counsellor,"and are we to have plenty of rain this year?" |
| 2519 | have_ we_ horns on our heads?" |
| 2519 | of what is it made?" |
| 1039 | Are you a doctor of medicine and a''doutor mathematico''too? 1039 But what about the missionaries?" |
| 1039 | But who will take us across, if you do not? |
| 1039 | Did your forefathers know of a future judgment? |
| 1039 | Do n''t you see this? |
| 1039 | Have these hunters, who come so far and work so hard, no meat at home? |
| 1039 | How can the irons spin, weave, and print so beautifully? |
| 1039 | How did I wander? 1039 Is it fierceness to kill boys?" |
| 1039 | Is that hair? 1039 Is that me?" |
| 1039 | Is this the way you go? |
| 1039 | Now,added they to my men,"how can you Makololo trade with these''Mermen''? |
| 1039 | Oh no,replied he;"it is the Barimo( gods or departed spirits), who have called a picho; do n''t you see they have the Lord( sun) in the centre?" |
| 1039 | Oh yes,said he;"where is she? |
| 1039 | Suppose one went for water, would the others see if he were kidnapped? |
| 1039 | Suppose we went north,I said,"would you come?" |
| 1039 | They have wandered in order to be destroyed, and what can they do without shields among so many? |
| 1039 | We can all swim: who carried the white man across the river but himself? |
| 1039 | What right has your government to set up that large glass at the Cape to look after us behind the Cashan Mountains? |
| 1039 | What shall we put on? 1039 Whence does this come?" |
| 1039 | Where are you going? 1039 Who refuses?" |
| 1039 | Why do you pass me? 1039 Why do you speak of death?" |
| 1039 | Will not the Queen listen to me? |
| 1039 | Will you herd the cattle well? |
| 1039 | Yes; do n''t you see it is? |
| 1039 | (? |
| 1039 | --"And yet they come here, and endure so much thirst for the sake of this dry meat, none of which is equal to beef?" |
| 1039 | --Do you make butter, cheese, etc.? |
| 1039 | --Grapes, figs, or peaches? |
| 1039 | 26d 30''?) |
| 1039 | Addressing him with,"How ever did these shells come into these rocks?" |
| 1039 | And Sekwebu informed me that he had gone to this man''s house, and heard him saying to his wife,"Do you think that I would ever leave you?" |
| 1039 | And have the same hair? |
| 1039 | Are these the migratory birds of Europe, which return there to breed and rear their young? |
| 1039 | Are they of the same color as I am? |
| 1039 | At every fresh instance of liberality, Sekwebu said,"Did not I tell you that these people had hearts, while we were still at Linyanti?" |
| 1039 | But how is it that the natives, being so vastly superior in numbers to the Boers, do not rise and annihilate them? |
| 1039 | But my forefathers were living at the same time yours were; and how is it that they did not send them word about these terrible things? |
| 1039 | Can it be that they have the power of combining the oxygen and hydrogen of their vegetable food by vital force so as to form water? |
| 1039 | Can they be the vestiges of traditions of animals which no longer exist? |
| 1039 | Can you enter into the sea, and tell them to come ashore?" |
| 1039 | Did the great Niger expedition turn back when near such a desirable position for its stricken and prostrate members? |
| 1039 | Do n''t I see the comrade of Sebituane? |
| 1039 | Do n''t I see the father of Sekeletu?" |
| 1039 | Do n''t you know that they have mouths like other people?" |
| 1039 | Do you grow wheat? |
| 1039 | Do you want to have it all to yourself?" |
| 1039 | Does the passage of a few such aerolites through the atmosphere to the earth by day cause thunder without clouds? |
| 1039 | Have they a guardian spirit over them? |
| 1039 | How is it that you, who have a book that tells you about him, do not come forward at once to pay this chief tribute like every one else?" |
| 1039 | How much farther do these high ridges extend? |
| 1039 | I remarked to my men,"Did you ever hear such a fool?" |
| 1039 | I replied that I was unable to purchase a mill, when he instantly rejoined,"Why not take ivory to buy it?" |
| 1039 | I smiled and said,"Yes; do n''t you see it is?" |
| 1039 | I usually got rid of the last question by putting another:"Is it not better to have children with a wife, than to have children without a wife?" |
| 1039 | If asked his age, he answers by putting another question,"Does a man remember when he was born?" |
| 1039 | If her family was to be suspected of dealing in evil charms, why were Masiko''s people not to be thought guilty of leaving the same in her hut? |
| 1039 | If you wish me to leave off my medicines, why continue your own? |
| 1039 | In passing through the woods I for the first time heard the bird called Mokwa reza, or"Son- in- law of God"( Micropogon sulphuratus? |
| 1039 | In these assemblies great freedom of speech is allowed; and on this occasion one of the old diviners said,"Where is he taking you to? |
| 1039 | Irritated at last, he uttered some words of impatience, when another man sprang at him, exclaiming,"How dare you curse my''Mama''?" |
| 1039 | Is a man not as much a domestic animal as a dog? |
| 1039 | Is death pleasant, then? |
| 1039 | Is she not pretty?" |
| 1039 | Is this the way you go?" |
| 1039 | It is connected with another named Kalagwe( Garague? |
| 1039 | L.)?" |
| 1039 | M. D. Could you make it rain on one spot and not on another? |
| 1039 | M. D. So you really believe that you can command the clouds? |
| 1039 | On asking if Matiamvo did not know he was a man, and would be judged, in company with those he destroyed, by a Lord who is no respector of persons? |
| 1039 | One very intelligent man among them asked,"If he should make a canoe, and take it down the river to the Makololo, would he get a cow for it?" |
| 1039 | Poor Sekwebu looked at me when these terrible seas broke over, and said,"Is this the way you go? |
| 1039 | She said this with an air as if the inference must be drawn by even a stupid white man:"I know how to manage, do n''t I?" |
| 1039 | Slavery and immorality have here done their work; nowhere else does the European name stand at so low an ebb; but what can be expected? |
| 1039 | The bar may be said to be formed by two series of sand- banks; that running from the eastern point runs diagonally across( opposite?) |
| 1039 | The land is so fertile as to produce almost any( thing?) |
| 1039 | The thought flashed across my mind,"What if your gun misses fire?" |
| 1039 | Their usual exclamation was"Ga ba na pelu"( They have no heart); and they added, with reference to the slaves,"Why do they let them?" |
| 1039 | They are not allowed to speak; though on one occasion a man, feeling his wrist held too tightly, said,"Hold me gently, ca n''t you? |
| 1039 | They are reported to contain great mineral wealth; gold and copper being found in the range, as also COAL(?). |
| 1039 | They brought cattle, sheep, goats, and dogs; why not the horse, the delight of savage hordes? |
| 1039 | They said,"Is that hair? |
| 1039 | This is a point of so much interest in that country that the first question we ask of passers by is,"Have you had water?" |
| 1039 | This is so unusual an occurrence, when the precaution is taken to coast along the shore, that my men exclaimed,"Is the beast mad?" |
| 1039 | This struck a chord in his bosom, and he said,"Oh yes; where is she, and where is Robert?" |
| 1039 | Two others had sent forward notice of their approach from another quarter( the west); could it be Barth or Krapf? |
| 1039 | What can Mpende say to refusing him a passage?" |
| 1039 | What can this fellow mean by his thanks and talk about water? |
| 1039 | What guilt have I, that you pass without looking at me?" |
| 1039 | When we became a little familiar, the questions put were rather amusing:"Is it common for missionaries to be doctors?" |
| 1039 | Where do these ants get their moisture? |
| 1039 | Where is Robert?" |
| 1039 | Who ever thought of making trial of starvation? |
| 1039 | Why does Darfur not give rise to great rivers, like Londa and the country east of it? |
| 1039 | Would n''t a thrashing bring him to his senses again?" |
| 1039 | said he,"did you ever taste white ants?" |
| 1039 | the first inquiry a native puts to a fellow- countryman is,"Where is the rain?" |
| 1039 | then, turning to Sekwebu, he asked,"Do you think I would leave this pretty woman? |
| 1039 | what will God say when you appear before him?" |
| 1039 | you prefer dying at home to dying in the field, do you? |