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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... less to endure from that almost total absence of human life , which renders the Arctic zone so dreary , than they had to experience in the latter from the fierce , contemptuous , and persecuting character of the people who occupy the ...
... less to endure from that almost total absence of human life , which renders the Arctic zone so dreary , than they had to experience in the latter from the fierce , contemptuous , and persecuting character of the people who occupy the ...
Pàgina 12
... less description as the corresponding insects of this quarter of the world . On finding their way into a house , they devour every thing , clothes , furniture , food , not even , it is said , sparing the inmates , who are compelled to ...
... less description as the corresponding insects of this quarter of the world . On finding their way into a house , they devour every thing , clothes , furniture , food , not even , it is said , sparing the inmates , who are compelled to ...
Pàgina 30
... less pleasing auspices . Sataspes , a Persian noble- man , had been condemned by Xerxes to crucifixion , on account of some crime of which he had been guilty ; but his mother , by earnest entreaty , obtained a com- mutation of the ...
... less pleasing auspices . Sataspes , a Persian noble- man , had been condemned by Xerxes to crucifixion , on account of some crime of which he had been guilty ; but his mother , by earnest entreaty , obtained a com- mutation of the ...
Pàgina 42
... less , " accord- ing to the gift of God . " There seems to be some confusion of ideas about this country and its golden products . A district in the southern part of Sou- dan is called Oongoroo , or Ungura ; but it no longer furnishes ...
... less , " accord- ing to the gift of God . " There seems to be some confusion of ideas about this country and its golden products . A district in the southern part of Sou- dan is called Oongoroo , or Ungura ; but it no longer furnishes ...
Pàgina 61
... less than six hundred ; but he found it such " laborious work , " that he fell sick and died in consequence . Another subject of deep regret re- spected the many superstitious practices still pre- valent , even among those who exhibited ...
... less than six hundred ; but he found it such " laborious work , " that he fell sick and died in consequence . Another subject of deep regret re- spected the many superstitious practices still pre- valent , even among those who exhibited ...
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