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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... scarcely irrigated even by a streamlet . It depends entirely on the periodical rains ; and these sink into the sandy and porous sur- face till , being arrested at the depth of eight or ten feet , they form that " sea under ground ...
... scarcely irrigated even by a streamlet . It depends entirely on the periodical rains ; and these sink into the sandy and porous sur- face till , being arrested at the depth of eight or ten feet , they form that " sea under ground ...
Pàgina 7
... scarcely a tract which they do not either hold in full possession , or fiercely dispute with man . Even the most densely- peopled countries border on wide forests and wastes , whose savage tenants find their prey occasionally in man ...
... scarcely a tract which they do not either hold in full possession , or fiercely dispute with man . Even the most densely- peopled countries border on wide forests and wastes , whose savage tenants find their prey occasionally in man ...
Pàgina 17
... scarcely disputed with them by the human 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 ...
... scarcely disputed with them by the human 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 ...
Pàgina 25
... the Nile , they accounted scarcely African ; but upon this subject we must follow mo- dern ideas . Ptolemy Euergetes seems to have con- quered part of Abyssinia , forming it into a kingdom ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA . 25.
... the Nile , they accounted scarcely African ; but upon this subject we must follow mo- dern ideas . Ptolemy Euergetes seems to have con- quered part of Abyssinia , forming it into a kingdom ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA . 25.
Pàgina 27
... scarcely in any instance be passed with impunity . Yet the principle of curiosity cannot be extinguish- ed in the human breast , and is even rendered more ardent by the greatest obstacles . To lift up a por- tion of that veil , within ...
... scarcely in any instance be passed with impunity . Yet the principle of curiosity cannot be extinguish- ed in the human breast , and is even rendered more ardent by the greatest obstacles . To lift up a por- tion of that veil , within ...
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