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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... eyes of the philosopher and politician . The physical peculiarities which distinguish Af- rica seem to depend chiefly on the circumstance that almost her whole territory is situated within the tropics . The other portions of the earth's ...
... eyes of the philosopher and politician . The physical peculiarities which distinguish Af- rica seem to depend chiefly on the circumstance that almost her whole territory is situated within the tropics . The other portions of the earth's ...
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... 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.
... 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.
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... eyes , erect and usually elegant figures , -preying neither on men nor animals , but pursued by all on account of the delicate food which they afford . Here , too , roams the zebra , with its finely - striped skin , wrap- ped round it ...
... eyes , erect and usually elegant figures , -preying neither on men nor animals , but pursued by all on account of the delicate food which they afford . Here , too , roams the zebra , with its finely - striped skin , wrap- ped round it ...
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... eye or refresh the senses , swarmed with serpents of huge form and magnitude , that inflicted instant death on the un- wary traveller . These reptiles were even reported to have once invaded Egypt , and driven before them a crowd of its ...
... eye or refresh the senses , swarmed with serpents of huge form and magnitude , that inflicted instant death on the un- wary traveller . These reptiles were even reported to have once invaded Egypt , and driven before them a crowd of its ...
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... eyes of the savage natives , and made them view Christianity only as a gay and pomp- ous pageant , in which it would be an amusement to join . The sacrament of baptism , to which the Catholics attach such pre - eminent importance , was ...
... eyes of the savage natives , and made them view Christianity only as a gay and pomp- ous pageant , in which it would be an amusement to join . The sacrament of baptism , to which the Catholics attach such pre - eminent importance , was ...
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