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 41
... brought shells ( cowries ? ) and brass , for which they received gold and ornaments . Men- tion is made of the fine cotton cloths which still form the staple manufacture . Tocrur appears evidently to be Sackatoo or Soccatoo , now the ...
... brought shells ( cowries ? ) and brass , for which they received gold and ornaments . Men- tion is made of the fine cotton cloths which still form the staple manufacture . Tocrur appears evidently to be Sackatoo or Soccatoo , now the ...
Pàgina 43
... brought great quanti- ties of salt , an article which is in constant demand throughout Soudan . Ulil , though called an island , was probably Walet , the great interior market for that mineral ; but all the features of the country ...
... brought great quanti- ties of salt , an article which is in constant demand throughout Soudan . Ulil , though called an island , was probably Walet , the great interior market for that mineral ; but all the features of the country ...
Pàgina 45
... brought into this form . From Thargari he went in twenty days to Tashila , three days beyond which commenced a desert of the most dreary aspect , where there was neither water , beast , nor bird , " nothing but sand and hills of sand ...
... brought into this form . From Thargari he went in twenty days to Tashila , three days beyond which commenced a desert of the most dreary aspect , where there was neither water , beast , nor bird , " nothing but sand and hills of sand ...
Pàgina 55
... to gratify the anxious desire of his sovereign to see and converse with these African chiefs ; that in fifteen moons they should certainly be brought back again , and that meanwhile a number of his people PORTUGUESE DISCOVERIES . 55 55.
... to gratify the anxious desire of his sovereign to see and converse with these African chiefs ; that in fifteen moons they should certainly be brought back again , and that meanwhile a number of his people PORTUGUESE DISCOVERIES . 55 55.
Pàgina 61
... brought for baptism proved to be bound with ma- gic cords , to which the mothers , as an additional security from evil , had fastened beads , relics , and figures of the Agnus Dei . The chiefs , in like man- ner , while they gladly ...
... brought for baptism proved to be bound with ma- gic cords , to which the mothers , as an additional security from evil , had fastened beads , relics , and figures of the Agnus Dei . The chiefs , in like man- ner , while they gladly ...
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