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 9
... inhabitants of the African rivers is the crocodile , the largest and fiercest of the lizard tribe . He lies like a log upon the waters , watching for his prey , attacking men and even the strongest animals , which , however , en- gage ...
... inhabitants of the African rivers is the crocodile , the largest and fiercest of the lizard tribe . He lies like a log upon the waters , watching for his prey , attacking men and even the strongest animals , which , however , en- gage ...
Pàgina 11
... inhabitants seek with fire and other means to arrest their progress ; the dense and irresistible mass continues to move onward , and soon baffles every attempt to check its course . Whole provinces which , at their entrance , are ...
... inhabitants seek with fire and other means to arrest their progress ; the dense and irresistible mass continues to move onward , and soon baffles every attempt to check its course . Whole provinces which , at their entrance , are ...
Pàgina 22
... inhabitants . Strabo , who wrote after the Roman sway was fully established over Africa , gives a much more sober report of its western regions . Extending his view beyond the Atlas , he describes the Mauri , peo- pling a rich territory ...
... inhabitants . Strabo , who wrote after the Roman sway was fully established over Africa , gives a much more sober report of its western regions . Extending his view beyond the Atlas , he describes the Mauri , peo- pling a rich territory ...
Pàgina 26
... inhabitants of these shores as existing in a state of the most extreme barbarity and wretchedness . They are classed by Diodorus and Strabo , according to the miserable food on which they usually subsisted ; some as eaters of fish , of ...
... inhabitants of these shores as existing in a state of the most extreme barbarity and wretchedness . They are classed by Diodorus and Strabo , according to the miserable food on which they usually subsisted ; some as eaters of fish , of ...
Pàgina 32
... inhabitants rest during the op- pressive heat of the day , and spend great part of the night in dancing and festivity . On another shore the navigators were astonished to see the land all on fire , and torrents of flame rushing into the ...
... inhabitants rest during the op- pressive heat of the day , and spend great part of the night in dancing and festivity . On another shore the navigators were astonished to see the land all on fire , and torrents of flame rushing into the ...
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