Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time: with Illustrations of the Geology, Mineralogy, and ZoologyOliver & Boyd, 1830 - 492 pàgines |
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Pàgina xii
... Sand of the Desert rest ? -Descrip- tion of a Trona or Natron Lake - Fulgurite and Native Meteoric Iron in the Desert - Observations on the Sand of the Desert - Moving Pillars of Sand - Sand - Wind- How the prevailing Winds affect the Sand ...
... Sand of the Desert rest ? -Descrip- tion of a Trona or Natron Lake - Fulgurite and Native Meteoric Iron in the Desert - Observations on the Sand of the Desert - Moving Pillars of Sand - Sand - Wind- How the prevailing Winds affect the Sand ...
Pàgina xiii
... Sand confounded with Coral , and adduced as a Proof of the very recent Emergence from the Ocean of the Lands supporting them - Geology of the Table - Land properly so called - Account of the Sibilo of the Africans - Geo- logical Survey ...
... Sand confounded with Coral , and adduced as a Proof of the very recent Emergence from the Ocean of the Lands supporting them - Geology of the Table - Land properly so called - Account of the Sibilo of the Africans - Geo- logical Survey ...
Pàgina 3
... sand form a feature so truly alarming . The Great Desert , with the ex- ception of the narrow valley of the Nile , reaches across the entire continent , exhibiting an expanse of burning surface , where for many days the tra- veller ...
... sand form a feature so truly alarming . The Great Desert , with the ex- ception of the narrow valley of the Nile , reaches across the entire continent , exhibiting an expanse of burning surface , where for many days the tra- veller ...
Pàgina 4
... sand , alternating with a hard and impenetrable stratum of clay . The central wastes of Asia , those of Arabia , and of Sin- detic Hindostan , though inferior to those of Africa , are yet of similar character , and of immense extent ...
... sand , alternating with a hard and impenetrable stratum of clay . The central wastes of Asia , those of Arabia , and of Sin- detic Hindostan , though inferior to those of Africa , are yet of similar character , and of immense extent ...
Pàgina 6
... sand , distilling those rich gums that afford an important material of Af- rican commerce . The lotus , a celebrated and clas- sical shrub , the tamarisk , and other small and ele- gant trees , afford agreeable and nutritive berries ...
... sand , distilling those rich gums that afford an important material of Af- rican commerce . The lotus , a celebrated and clas- sical shrub , the tamarisk , and other small and ele- gant trees , afford agreeable and nutritive berries ...
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Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa, from the Earliest Ages to ... Robert Jameson,James Wilson,Hugh Murray Visualització completa - 1846 |
Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to ... Robert Jameson,James Wilson,Hugh Murray Visualització completa - 1836 |
Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to ... Robert Jameson,James Wilson,Hugh Murray Visualització completa - 1832 |
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Pàgina 356 - can give no name, though surely one ingredient in it was fear, with a considerable deal of wonder and astonishment. It was in vain to think of flying; the swiftest horse would be of no use to carry us out of this danger, and the full conviction of this rivetted me to the spot.
Pàgina 240 - the calls on the names of Mohammed, Abda, Mustapha, with the neighing of horses and the braying of asses, gave animation to the beautiful scenery of the lake, and its sloping, green, and woody banks." At length the army mustered to the number of 50,000 or 60,000, chiefly on foot; a rude feudal host, arranging themselves according
Pàgina 456 - For He, at whose command the parched rock Was smitten, and poured forth a quenching stream, Hath softened that obduracy, and made Unlooked-for gladness in the desert place To save the perishing.
Pàgina 113 - us pity the white man, no mother has he," &c. Our traveller was much affected, and next morning could not depart without requesting his landlady's acceptance of the only gift he had left, two out of the four brass buttons that still remained on his waistcoat. He remained two days in this
Pàgina 399 - goeth always upon his legs, and carrieth his hands clasped on the nape of his neck when he goeth upon the ground. They sleep in the trees, and build shelters from the rain. They feed upon fruit that they find in the woods, and upon nuts; for they eat
Pàgina 345 - were strongly brought to our mind; and, although its horrors are not equal to those of the European trade, still they are sufficient to call up every sympathy, and rouse up every spark of humanity. They are dragged over deserts; water often fails, and also provisions scantily provided for the long and dreary
Pàgina 386 - Africa, lakes are but seldom met with, and among these, some few are salt. The most considerable salt lake hitherto met with by travellers, is that near to Algoa Bay. It is resorted to by the inhabitants from very distant parts of the colony, for the purpose of procuring salt for their own