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 73
... says he , " with sad labour we wrought ; " and , when they ascended higher , it be- came necessary often to drag the boat over the flats ; for which purpose they were frequently obliged to strip naked and walk through the water . They ...
... says he , " with sad labour we wrought ; " and , when they ascended higher , it be- came necessary often to drag the boat over the flats ; for which purpose they were frequently obliged to strip naked and walk through the water . They ...
Pàgina 111
... fellow - travellers , and , in riding through a piece of marshy ground , one of them called out , geo affilli , ( see the water , ) and looking forwards , " I saw , " says he , " with infinite pleasure , the great PARK'S FIRST JOURNEY .
... fellow - travellers , and , in riding through a piece of marshy ground , one of them called out , geo affilli , ( see the water , ) and looking forwards , " I saw , " says he , " with infinite pleasure , the great PARK'S FIRST JOURNEY .
Pàgina 112
... says he , " with infinite pleasure , the great object of my mission , the long - sought - for majestic Niger , glit- tering to the morning sun , as broad as the Thames at Westminster , and flowing slowly to the eastward . I hastened to ...
... says he , " with infinite pleasure , the great object of my mission , the long - sought - for majestic Niger , glit- tering to the morning sun , as broad as the Thames at Westminster , and flowing slowly to the eastward . I hastened to ...
Pàgina 133
... lose his brother - in - law , Mr Anderson , to whom his attachment was so strong as to make him say , " No event which took place during the journey ever threw the smallest gloom over my mind till PARK'S SECOND JOURNEY . 133.
... lose his brother - in - law , Mr Anderson , to whom his attachment was so strong as to make him say , " No event which took place during the journey ever threw the smallest gloom over my mind till PARK'S SECOND JOURNEY . 133.
Pàgina 213
... say a word in his fa- vour , an attendant matron exclaimed , " Be silent ; he is an uncircumcised Caffre , -neither washes nor prays , eats pork , and will go to hell ; " upon which the others screamed out and ran off . But in Houssa ...
... say a word in his fa- vour , an attendant matron exclaimed , " Be silent ; he is an uncircumcised Caffre , -neither washes nor prays , eats pork , and will go to hell ; " upon which the others screamed out and ran off . But in Houssa ...
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