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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... feet , they form that " sea under ground " which has been traced over a large portion of the waste . Vegetable life , in consequence of this absence of moisture , is scantily diffused over a great extent of the continent . In the heart ...
... feet , they form that " sea under ground " which has been traced over a large portion of the waste . Vegetable life , in consequence of this absence of moisture , is scantily diffused over a great extent of the continent . In the heart ...
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... feet . Branches extending horizontally from the trunk , each equal to a large tree , make the baobab a fo- rest as it were in itself . The mangrove , too , which rises on the borders of rivers or inundated spots , diffuses itself in a ...
... feet . Branches extending horizontally from the trunk , each equal to a large tree , make the baobab a fo- rest as it were in itself . The mangrove , too , which rises on the borders of rivers or inundated spots , diffuses itself in a ...
Pàgina 12
... feet in height ; they are regularly distributed into labourers and soldiers , with others holding the rank of king and queen . This latter personage , when she is about to add to the numbers of the tribe , presents a most extraordinary ...
... feet in height ; they are regularly distributed into labourers and soldiers , with others holding the rank of king and queen . This latter personage , when she is about to add to the numbers of the tribe , presents a most extraordinary ...
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... feet , which was understood as a token of homage : the king even assured the English cap- tain that the country and every thing in it were thus placed at his disposal . In return for gifts so magni- ficent , it was impossible to refuse ...
... feet , which was understood as a token of homage : the king even assured the English cap- tain that the country and every thing in it were thus placed at his disposal . In return for gifts so magni- ficent , it was impossible to refuse ...
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... feet were buried at every step ; and a man , after walking fifty paces , was overwhelmed with fatigue . At Senegal the colony was found in so imperfect a state that the sailors were obliged to rear huts for their own accommoda- tion ...
... feet were buried at every step ; and a man , after walking fifty paces , was overwhelmed with fatigue . At Senegal the colony was found in so imperfect a state that the sailors were obliged to rear huts for their own accommoda- tion ...
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