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 3
... hills , continually shifting , and leaving no marks to guide his course . Every breeze is filled with dust , which enters the mouth and nostrils , and penetrates between the clothes and skin . Sometimes it drives along in clouds and ...
... hills , continually shifting , and leaving no marks to guide his course . Every breeze is filled with dust , which enters the mouth and nostrils , and penetrates between the clothes and skin . Sometimes it drives along in clouds and ...
Pàgina 17
... Hills of salt arose , out of which the natives con- structed their houses , without any fear of their melt- ing beneath a shower , in a region where rain was unknown . The land became almost a desert , and was filled with such ...
... Hills of salt arose , out of which the natives con- structed their houses , without any fear of their melt- ing beneath a shower , in a region where rain was unknown . The land became almost a desert , and was filled with such ...
Pàgina 18
... hill of the Graces , " covered with a profusion of the finest foliage . Such is still the gay and brilliant aspect which the neighbour- hood of Bengazi presents . To the south of the Na- samones , in a region almost resigned to wild ...
... hill of the Graces , " covered with a profusion of the finest foliage . Such is still the gay and brilliant aspect which the neighbour- hood of Bengazi presents . To the south of the Na- samones , in a region almost resigned to wild ...
Pàgina 45
... hills of sand . " In ten days he came to Abu Latin , a large commercial town , crowded with merchants from various quarters of the continent . The man- ners of the people , as is indeed too common in the scenes of inland traffic ...
... hills of sand . " In ten days he came to Abu Latin , a large commercial town , crowded with merchants from various quarters of the continent . The man- ners of the people , as is indeed too common in the scenes of inland traffic ...
Pàgina 68
... hills , filling the air with confused cries , great voice would exalt itself , and the rest were all hushed . " They mounted the trees to look at the English , the sight of whom seemed to inspire dissatisfaction ; they grinned , shook ...
... hills , filling the air with confused cries , great voice would exalt itself , and the rest were all hushed . " They mounted the trees to look at the English , the sight of whom seemed to inspire dissatisfaction ; they grinned , shook ...
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