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 10
... The baboons , again , are a large , shapeless , brutal species , ugly and disgusting in their appearance , yet not without some kind of union and polity . The monkey tribe , now familiar in Europe 10 NATURAL FEATURES OF AFRICA .
... The baboons , again , are a large , shapeless , brutal species , ugly and disgusting in their appearance , yet not without some kind of union and polity . The monkey tribe , now familiar in Europe 10 NATURAL FEATURES OF AFRICA .
Pàgina 105
... kind of creature a Christian was ; that he must therefore come and show himself ; but was assured that he would be well treated , and , on satisfying her majesty's wish , would even be for- warded on his journey . Benowm , the Moorish ...
... kind of creature a Christian was ; that he must therefore come and show himself ; but was assured that he would be well treated , and , on satisfying her majesty's wish , would even be for- warded on his journey . Benowm , the Moorish ...
Pàgina 108
... kind- ness he met with during this dreadful captivity . At length her powerful intercession induced Ali to take Park with him to Jarra , where our traveller hoped to find the means of proceeding on his journey . At Jarra a striking ...
... kind- ness he met with during this dreadful captivity . At length her powerful intercession induced Ali to take Park with him to Jarra , where our traveller hoped to find the means of proceeding on his journey . At Jarra a striking ...
Pàgina 120
... kind hospitality which had been bestowed only scantily and occasionally in the still more fruitful regions below . Mr Park set out next day for Sibi- dooloo ; but on this route his last and greatest dis- aster awaited him . In passing a ...
... kind hospitality which had been bestowed only scantily and occasionally in the still more fruitful regions below . Mr Park set out next day for Sibi- dooloo ; but on this route his last and greatest dis- aster awaited him . In passing a ...
Pàgina 152
... , after tra- velling in all about sixty days , they arrived at Was- sanah , which appeared to Sidi Hamet a city twice as large as Timbuctoo . The inhabitants were pa- gans , but honest , hospitable , and kind - 152 RILEY .
... , after tra- velling in all about sixty days , they arrived at Was- sanah , which appeared to Sidi Hamet a city twice as large as Timbuctoo . The inhabitants were pa- gans , but honest , hospitable , and kind - 152 RILEY .
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