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 ix
... King of Bambarra - Obtains Permission to build a Vessel - San- sanding - Sets sail - Accounts of his Death , ........................... ... 126 CHAPTER X. VARIOUS TRAVELLERS . Horneman - Nicholls - Roentgen - Adams - Riley ...
... King of Bambarra - Obtains Permission to build a Vessel - San- sanding - Sets sail - Accounts of his Death , ........................... ... 126 CHAPTER X. VARIOUS TRAVELLERS . Horneman - Nicholls - Roentgen - Adams - Riley ...
Pàgina 7
... king of the desert , that mightiest among the tribes which have the wilderness for their abode , abounds in Africa , and causes all her forests to re - echo his midnight roar . Yet both his courage and fierceness have , it is said ...
... king of the desert , that mightiest among the tribes which have the wilderness for their abode , abounds in Africa , and causes all her forests to re - echo his midnight roar . Yet both his courage and fierceness have , it is said ...
Pàgina 8
... king of the lower creation ; matchless in bulk and strength , yet tranquil , majestic , peaceful , led in troops under the guidance of the most ancient of the number , having a social and almost moral existence . He at- tacks neither ...
... king of the lower creation ; matchless in bulk and strength , yet tranquil , majestic , peaceful , led in troops under the guidance of the most ancient of the number , having a social and almost moral existence . He at- tacks neither ...
Pàgina 12
... king and queen . This latter personage , when she is about to add to the numbers of the tribe , presents a most extraordinary spectacle , being then swelled to many times the amount of her natural dimensions ; and when the critical ...
... king and queen . This latter personage , when she is about to add to the numbers of the tribe , presents a most extraordinary spectacle , being then swelled to many times the amount of her natural dimensions ; and when the critical ...
Pàgina 25
... king lost a leg or an arm , each of his courtiers pre- sently severed from himself the same member . The priests , however , whose influence in this realm of superstition was always paramount , appear at one time to have become quite ...
... king lost a leg or an arm , each of his courtiers pre- sently severed from himself the same member . The priests , however , whose influence in this realm of superstition was always paramount , appear at one time to have become quite ...
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