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 333
... sandstone . The limestone abounds with organic remains , as of shells , corals , and even fishes ; and is said to be referable to the various limestones extending from the lias , or even the magnesian limestone , to chalk inclusive ...
... sandstone . The limestone abounds with organic remains , as of shells , corals , and even fishes ; and is said to be referable to the various limestones extending from the lias , or even the magnesian limestone , to chalk inclusive ...
Pàgina 338
... sandstone , sometimes also of granite , rise through the sandy surface , appearing like so many islands in the ocean . Account of the Line of Desert from Tripoli to the Lake Tchad . The line of desert , extending from Tripoli by ...
... sandstone , sometimes also of granite , rise through the sandy surface , appearing like so many islands in the ocean . Account of the Line of Desert from Tripoli to the Lake Tchad . The line of desert , extending from Tripoli by ...
Pàgina 345
... sandstones of different kinds , red and black ; fine specimens of petrified wood were found , in which were observed , in the centre , sap - vessels , and knots filled with calcareous matter , the woody fibre charged with a siliceous ...
... sandstones of different kinds , red and black ; fine specimens of petrified wood were found , in which were observed , in the centre , sap - vessels , and knots filled with calcareous matter , the woody fibre charged with a siliceous ...
Pàgina 346
... sandstone hills , some of which were 600 feet high . On the 22d they moved before daylight , passing some rough sand hills mixed with red sandstone , to the west , over a plain of fine gravel , and halted at the matten called El Hammar ...
... sandstone hills , some of which were 600 feet high . On the 22d they moved before daylight , passing some rough sand hills mixed with red sandstone , to the west , over a plain of fine gravel , and halted at the matten called El Hammar ...
Pàgina 347
... and thick beds of gypsum were no- ticed . Halted in the evening at wells situated under a ridge of low white hills of sandstone , called Mafrasben - Kasaretta , where there are also beds and HUMAN SKELETONS IN THE DESERT . 347.
... and thick beds of gypsum were no- ticed . Halted in the evening at wells situated under a ridge of low white hills of sandstone , called Mafrasben - Kasaretta , where there are also beds and HUMAN SKELETONS IN THE DESERT . 347.
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