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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... manner truly remarkable . The branches , dropping down upon the watery bank , strike root and grow ; hence the original plant , spreading farther and farther , forms over the stream a species of natural arcade . These mighty trees do ...
... manner truly remarkable . The branches , dropping down upon the watery bank , strike root and grow ; hence the original plant , spreading farther and farther , forms over the stream a species of natural arcade . These mighty trees do ...
Pàgina 13
... 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 moral darkness there shine forth virtues which would do honour to human ...
... 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 moral darkness there shine forth virtues which would do honour to human ...
Pàgina 20
... manner in which he burns and de- stroys their land . Behind them rises the long and lofty range of Atlas , whose head is said to remain for ever invisible and wrapt in clouds , and which the natives believe to be the pillar of heaven ...
... manner in which he burns and de- stroys their land . Behind them rises the long and lofty range of Atlas , whose head is said to remain for ever invisible and wrapt in clouds , and which the natives believe to be the pillar of heaven ...
Pàgina 34
... manner in which he was treated by the king , he yet undertook another expedition to the same quarter . On emerging from the Red Sea , he was driven by a storm upon the east- ern coast of Africa , where he observed the land tak- ing such ...
... manner in which he was treated by the king , he yet undertook another expedition to the same quarter . On emerging from the Red Sea , he was driven by a storm upon the east- ern coast of Africa , where he observed the land tak- ing such ...
Pàgina 41
... manners and attire . The merchants , how- ever , are represented as very richly dressed , and accustomed to visit and converse with the governors and nobility . This country is manifestly Bornou , named from its capital , which bears ...
... manners and attire . The merchants , how- ever , are represented as very richly dressed , and accustomed to visit and converse with the governors and nobility . This country is manifestly Bornou , named from its capital , which bears ...
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