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 xii
... Races - Mohammedan Converts- European Colonization - Cape of Good Hope - Albany District - Sierra Leone , ..... .Page 306 CHAPTER XVII . GEOLOGY OF AFRICA . Form and Situation of Africa - Its great Natural Regions or Divisions . - 1 ...
... Races - Mohammedan Converts- European Colonization - Cape of Good Hope - Albany District - Sierra Leone , ..... .Page 306 CHAPTER XVII . GEOLOGY OF AFRICA . Form and Situation of Africa - Its great Natural Regions or Divisions . - 1 ...
Pàgina 8
... race of amphibious animals of monstrous form and size display their unwieldy figures . The rhinoceros , though not strictly amphibious , slowly traverses marshes and swampy grounds , and almost equals the elephant in strength and ...
... race of amphibious animals of monstrous form and size display their unwieldy figures . The rhinoceros , though not strictly amphibious , slowly traverses marshes and swampy grounds , and almost equals the elephant in strength and ...
Pàgina 11
... race , which in our climate is general- ly harmless , presents here many singular and even formidable ... races are the termites or white ants , which display , on a greater scale , NATURAL FEATURES OF AFRICA . 11.
... race , which in our climate is general- ly harmless , presents here many singular and even formidable ... races are the termites or white ants , which display , on a greater scale , NATURAL FEATURES OF AFRICA . 11.
Pàgina 17
... race . Farther to the south , the soil no longer afforded food even to these wild tenants ; -there was not the trunk of a tree nor a drop of water ; total silence and desolation reigned . Such is the general picture which Hero- dotus ...
... race . Farther to the south , the soil no longer afforded food even to these wild tenants ; -there was not the trunk of a tree nor a drop of water ; total silence and desolation reigned . Such is the general picture which Hero- dotus ...
Pàgina 20
... race would not approach or hold par- ley with the strangers , who , on drawing near to the shore , kindled a fire , uttered loud cries , and laid on the sand a certain quantity of goods . The natives hearing them , and seeing the smoke ...
... race would not approach or hold par- ley with the strangers , who , on drawing near to the shore , kindled a fire , uttered loud cries , and laid on the sand a certain quantity of goods . The natives hearing them , and seeing the smoke ...
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