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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Pàgina 9
... vegetable world . Only light , airy , and fantas- tic forms trip along the sandy border ; creatures innocent , gentle , and beautiful , -the antelope of twenty different species , all swift , with bright eyes NATURAL FEATURES OF AFRICA . 9.
... vegetable world . Only light , airy , and fantas- tic forms trip along the sandy border ; creatures innocent , gentle , and beautiful , -the antelope of twenty different species , all swift , with bright eyes NATURAL FEATURES OF AFRICA . 9.
Pàgina 18
... beautiful region watered by the river Cinyps , on whose bank rose " the hill of the Graces , " covered with a profusion of the finest foliage . Such is still the gay and brilliant aspect which the neighbour- hood of Bengazi presents ...
... beautiful region watered by the river Cinyps , on whose bank rose " the hill of the Graces , " covered with a profusion of the finest foliage . Such is still the gay and brilliant aspect which the neighbour- hood of Bengazi presents ...
Pàgina 80
... his own ideas of the beautiful , were considered on the Senegal as forming the perfection of the hu- man visage ; nay , he even fancies that they were 6 produced by artificial processes . He was surprised by the 80 FRENCH DISCOVERIES .
... his own ideas of the beautiful , were considered on the Senegal as forming the perfection of the hu- man visage ; nay , he even fancies that they were 6 produced by artificial processes . He was surprised by the 80 FRENCH DISCOVERIES .
Pàgina 91
... beautiful horses ; while the females of rank are seated on the backs of camels , elegantly caparisoned , in baskets covered with an awning . An incessant murmur pervades this barbarous assemblage , till , the whole having arrived , the ...
... beautiful horses ; while the females of rank are seated on the backs of camels , elegantly caparisoned , in baskets covered with an awning . An incessant murmur pervades this barbarous assemblage , till , the whole having arrived , the ...
Pàgina 104
... beautiful country . At Kooniakary , the capital , our traveller was well received by the king , and for- warded to Kemmoo , the principal town of Kaarta . Daisy , the sovereign of this last , likewise received him with the utmost ...
... beautiful country . At Kooniakary , the capital , our traveller was well received by the king , and for- warded to Kemmoo , the principal town of Kaarta . Daisy , the sovereign of this last , likewise received him with the utmost ...
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