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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... Rivers South African Lakes - South African Springs- Remarks on the Importance of a Knowledge of the Na- tural History and Chemical Composition of Springs— Geology of Caffraria , Natal , & c . - Conclusion , ... Page 330 CHAPTER XVIII ...
... Rivers South African Lakes - South African Springs- Remarks on the Importance of a Knowledge of the Na- tural History and Chemical Composition of Springs— Geology of Caffraria , Natal , & c . - Conclusion , ... Page 330 CHAPTER XVIII ...
Pàgina xvi
... River Yeou , ....... ..188 Bornou Horseman , Kanemboo Spearman , and Munga Bowman , ... .205 Timbuctoo according to Caillié , .. ..259 Ashantee Warrior and Attendant , .. ..270 Queen of Lattakoo , Lattakoo Warrior , and two Bosjes- man ...
... River Yeou , ....... ..188 Bornou Horseman , Kanemboo Spearman , and Munga Bowman , ... .205 Timbuctoo according to Caillié , .. ..259 Ashantee Warrior and Attendant , .. ..270 Queen of Lattakoo , Lattakoo Warrior , and two Bosjes- man ...
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... river - inundations , is scorched and dried up , till it is converted into a dreary waste . Hence it is , that in Africa plains of sand form a feature so truly alarming . The Great Desert , with the ex- ception of the narrow valley of ...
... river - inundations , is scorched and dried up , till it is converted into a dreary waste . Hence it is , that in Africa plains of sand form a feature so truly alarming . The Great Desert , with the ex- ception of the narrow valley of ...
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... rivers which , swollen by the rains , over- flow their banks , and lay the surrounding country under water , or at least afford the means of arti- ficial inundation , are the principal source of that luxuriant fertility , that mighty ...
... rivers which , swollen by the rains , over- flow their banks , and lay the surrounding country under water , or at least afford the means of arti- ficial inundation , are the principal source of that luxuriant fertility , that mighty ...
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... rivers , directing their course through a vast extent of low land , reach the sea only by a very circuitous course . Several of them , too , diffusing their waters into lakes or marshes , expire in the very heart of the continent . The ...
... rivers , directing their course through a vast extent of low land , reach the sea only by a very circuitous course . Several of them , too , diffusing their waters into lakes or marshes , expire in the very heart of the continent . The ...
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