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 - 503 pàgines |
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... Animal Life - Social Aspect - Striking Contrasts which it presents , ............... . .. Page 1 CHAPTER II . KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA AMONG THE ANCIENTS . Northern Africa well known - Obstacles opposed by the Desert Description given by ...
... Animal Life - Social Aspect - Striking Contrasts which it presents , ............... . .. Page 1 CHAPTER II . KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA AMONG THE ANCIENTS . Northern Africa well known - Obstacles opposed by the Desert Description given by ...
Pàgina 1
... borders embellished by shrubs and flowers , tinted with the most bril- liant hues ; while a profusion of animal life , in all its forms , distinguishes the more temperate latitudes . A Africa , considered in relation to her place on the.
... borders embellished by shrubs and flowers , tinted with the most bril- liant hues ; while a profusion of animal life , in all its forms , distinguishes the more temperate latitudes . A Africa , considered in relation to her place on the.
Pàgina 3
... animal and ve- getable life . The soil , when not watered by copi- ous rains or river - inundations , is scorched and dried up , till it is converted into a dreary waste . Hence it is , that in Africa plains of sand form a feature so ...
... animal and ve- getable life . The soil , when not watered by copi- ous rains or river - inundations , is scorched and dried up , till it is converted into a dreary waste . Hence it is , that in Africa plains of sand form a feature so ...
Pàgina 6
... , and before vegetable life begins to expire , does not assume its sternest character , but wears even a pe- culiarly pleasing and smiling aspect . The animal world * in Africa changes equally its nature 6 NATURAL FEATURES OF AFRICA .
... , and before vegetable life begins to expire , does not assume its sternest character , but wears even a pe- culiarly pleasing and smiling aspect . The animal world * in Africa changes equally its nature 6 NATURAL FEATURES OF AFRICA .
Pàgina 7
... animal world * in Africa changes equally its nature as it passes from one to another of these opposite regions . In ... animals which surround him ; and when the scent of human slaugh- ter is wafted on the breeze , bands of hungry ...
... animal world * in Africa changes equally its nature as it passes from one to another of these opposite regions . In ... animals which surround him ; and when the scent of human slaugh- ter is wafted on the breeze , bands of hungry ...
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