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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... Appearance of that Coun- try - Kano - Sackatoo - Sultan Bello - Return of the .163 Travellers , ........ CHAPTER XIII . CLAPPERTON'S SECOND JOURNEY , & c . Objects of this Journey - Departure from Badagry - Death of Pearce and of ...
... Appearance of that Coun- try - Kano - Sackatoo - Sultan Bello - Return of the .163 Travellers , ........ CHAPTER XIII . CLAPPERTON'S SECOND JOURNEY , & c . Objects of this Journey - Departure from Badagry - Death of Pearce and of ...
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... . The baboons , again , are a large , shapeless , brutal species , ugly and disgusting in their appearance , yet not without some kind of union and polity . The monkey tribe , now familiar in Europe 10 NATURAL FEATURES OF AFRICA .
... . The baboons , again , are a large , shapeless , brutal species , ugly and disgusting in their appearance , yet not without some kind of union and polity . The monkey tribe , now familiar in Europe 10 NATURAL FEATURES OF AFRICA .
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... appeared a barrier vast and awful , -endless plains of moving sand , without a shrub , a blade of grass , or a single object by which human life could be cheered or sup- ported . This appalling boundary , which stopped the victorious ...
... appeared a barrier vast and awful , -endless plains of moving sand , without a shrub , a blade of grass , or a single object by which human life could be cheered or sup- ported . This appalling boundary , which stopped the victorious ...
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... appeared an achievement rivalling the glories of conquest , and promised to confer immortal renown . The most active and adventurous spirits accordingly , who sought to acquire celebrity by exploring the earth , looked to Africa as ...
... appeared an achievement rivalling the glories of conquest , and promised to confer immortal renown . The most active and adventurous spirits accordingly , who sought to acquire celebrity by exploring the earth , looked to Africa as ...
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... appeared more probable that the stream was the Yeou or river of Bornou . The distance from Cyrene thither is not so great ; and nowhere but in the Tchad can we find those mighty lakes which make so prominent a figure in the narration ...
... appeared more probable that the stream was the Yeou or river of Bornou . The distance from Cyrene thither is not so great ; and nowhere but in the Tchad can we find those mighty lakes which make so prominent a figure in the narration ...
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