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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... islands destined to be the future mansions of the blessed . In like manner , in the bosom of its wildest woods and mountains , there lurk , in many an unsuspected retreat , scenes of the most soft and pastoral beauty . Even amid its ...
... islands destined to be the future mansions of the blessed . In like manner , in the bosom of its wildest woods and mountains , there lurk , in many an unsuspected retreat , scenes of the most soft and pastoral beauty . Even amid its ...
Pàgina 29
... islands which bespangle the desert . Here they saw trees laden with agreeable fruit , and had begun to pluck , when there suddenly ap- peared a band of little black men , who seized and carried them off as captives . They were led along ...
... islands which bespangle the desert . Here they saw trees laden with agreeable fruit , and had begun to pluck , when there suddenly ap- peared a band of little black men , who seized and carried them off as captives . They were led along ...
Pàgina 32
... island , which they named Cerne , situated in a recess of the sea , where they established their last colony . Sailing onward still for a number of days , they saw a large river full of crocodiles and hippo- potami , and containing ...
... island , which they named Cerne , situated in a recess of the sea , where they established their last colony . Sailing onward still for a number of days , they saw a large river full of crocodiles and hippo- potami , and containing ...
Pàgina 33
... island of the Gorillae were Sherbro ' Island and Sound ; while the other terminates the voyage on the frontier of Morocco , at the entrance of the river Nun . The one supposes a run of about 600 miles , the other one of nearly 3000 ...
... island of the Gorillae were Sherbro ' Island and Sound ; while the other terminates the voyage on the frontier of Morocco , at the entrance of the river Nun . The one supposes a run of about 600 miles , the other one of nearly 3000 ...
Pàgina 36
... island . It does not appear what motive the king could have for so base a design ; however , the Greek , who had better means of judging than we have , believed it and fled . He made his next attempt in Spain , where he found no ...
... island . It does not appear what motive the king could have for so base a design ; however , the Greek , who had better means of judging than we have , believed it and fled . He made his next attempt in Spain , where he found no ...
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