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 iv
... character of the people who occupy the interior parts of the Libyan continent . In a word , while exploring these re- mote regions , they braved almost every species of danger , and passed through every variety of suffer- ing , by which ...
... character of the people who occupy the interior parts of the Libyan continent . In a word , while exploring these re- mote regions , they braved almost every species of danger , and passed through every variety of suffer- ing , by which ...
Pàgina xii
... Character - Superstitions - War and Slavery -- Some amiable Features -- Forms of Go- vernment - Foreign Races - Mohammedan Converts- European Colonization - Cape of Good Hope - Albany District - Sierra Leone , ..... .Page 306 CHAPTER ...
... Character - Superstitions - War and Slavery -- Some amiable Features -- Forms of Go- vernment - Foreign Races - Mohammedan Converts- European Colonization - Cape of Good Hope - Albany District - Sierra Leone , ..... .Page 306 CHAPTER ...
Pàgina 4
... character , and of immense extent . In order to obviate the extreme effects of the tropical sun , which produces a desolation so dread- ful , Nature has provided suitable remedies . Every country under this latitude has its rainy season ...
... character , and of immense extent . In order to obviate the extreme effects of the tropical sun , which produces a desolation so dread- ful , Nature has provided suitable remedies . Every country under this latitude has its rainy season ...
Pàgina 6
... 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 .
... 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 13
... character , these alternations of wildness and of beauty , of lawless violence and of the most gener- ous kindness , render the progress of the traveller through this continent more interesting and event- ful , more diversified by ...
... character , these alternations of wildness and of beauty , of lawless violence and of the most gener- ous kindness , render the progress of the traveller through this continent more interesting and event- ful , more diversified by ...
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amid ancient animal appeared Arabs arrived Bambarra Barca Gana beautiful Benin bird Boo Khalloom borders Bornou caboceer Caillié called camels Cape capital Captain caravan chief chiefly Clapperton coast colour continent covered Desert Devil's Peak discovery district earth Egypt elephant English Europe European expedition extended feet Fellatas Fezzan frequently Gambia genus gneiss gold granite ground head Herodotus hills Hope horse Houssa immense inhabitants interior island Jenne journey Kano king kingdom lake land Lattakoo length Madagascar Major Denham miles Morocco mountains native nature nearly negro Niger northern observed occur ocean Park party passed peculiar plain Portuguese present Prester John prince quartz race reach regions remarkable river rocks salt sand sandstone scarcely seen Senegal sent sheik shores Sierra Leone slaves soon Southern Africa species sultan tain Timbuctoo tion town traveller trees tribe Tripoli trona Tuaricks village voyage whole wild