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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... granite so strongly resembled the remains of a Gothic abbey , with its niches and ruined staircase , that it required some time to satisfy him that it was composed wholly of natural stone . The crossing of the rivers , now swelled to a ...
... granite so strongly resembled the remains of a Gothic abbey , with its niches and ruined staircase , that it required some time to satisfy him that it was composed wholly of natural stone . The crossing of the rivers , now swelled to a ...
Pàgina 156
... granite , fragments of which have fallen down and blocked up the stream . Yet this obstruction ren- dered it quite impossible for the boats to pass ; nor could they be carried across the precipices and deep ravines by which the country ...
... granite , fragments of which have fallen down and blocked up the stream . Yet this obstruction ren- dered it quite impossible for the boats to pass ; nor could they be carried across the precipices and deep ravines by which the country ...
Pàgina 193
... granite by which they were surrounded , and produced a picturesque and somewhat awful appearance . " A baleful joy gleamed in the visage of the Arabs as they eyed these abodes of their future victims , whom they already fancied them ...
... granite by which they were surrounded , and produced a picturesque and somewhat awful appearance . " A baleful joy gleamed in the visage of the Arabs as they eyed these abodes of their future victims , whom they already fancied them ...
Pàgina 218
... granite . The manners of the people , too , were pleasing and pastoral . At many clear springs gushing from the rocks young women were draw- ing water . As an excuse for engaging in talk , our traveller asked several times for the means ...
... granite . The manners of the people , too , were pleasing and pastoral . At many clear springs gushing from the rocks young women were draw- ing water . As an excuse for engaging in talk , our traveller asked several times for the means ...
Pàgina 228
... were peculiarly narrow and rugged , hemmed in by gigantic blocks of granite 600 or 700 feet high , sometimes fearfully overhanging the road . The valley varied in breadth from 100 yards to half 228 CLAPPERTON'S SECOND JOURNEY .
... were peculiarly narrow and rugged , hemmed in by gigantic blocks of granite 600 or 700 feet high , sometimes fearfully overhanging the road . The valley varied in breadth from 100 yards to half 228 CLAPPERTON'S SECOND JOURNEY .
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