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 10
... seen occasionally straying over a great propor- tion of that continent . Nature , sporting , as it would seem , in the produc- tion of extraordinary objects , has filled Africa with a wonderful multitude of those animals which bear the ...
... seen occasionally straying over a great propor- tion of that continent . Nature , sporting , as it would seem , in the produc- tion of extraordinary objects , has filled Africa with a wonderful multitude of those animals which bear the ...
Pàgina 12
... seen thousands of her unfortunate chil- dren dragged in chains over its deserts and across the ocean , to spend their lives in foreign and distant bondage . Superstition , tyranny , anarchy , and the opposing interests of numberless ...
... seen thousands of her unfortunate chil- dren dragged in chains over its deserts and across the ocean , to spend their lives in foreign and distant bondage . Superstition , tyranny , anarchy , and the opposing interests of numberless ...
Pàgina 68
... seen together in the stream , and their voices , calling as it were to each other , resembled the " sound of a deep well , " and might be heard at the distance of a league . Sea - horses also were observed tossing and snorting in every ...
... seen together in the stream , and their voices , calling as it were to each other , resembled the " sound of a deep well , " and might be heard at the distance of a league . Sea - horses also were observed tossing and snorting in every ...
Pàgina 69
... seen a white man , ran away ; but the sight of a few beads soon allured them to return . Unluckily the universal cry was for salt , -a commodity deficient and much desired through all Central Africa ; but Jobson , not duly apprised of ...
... seen a white man , ran away ; but the sight of a few beads soon allured them to return . Unluckily the universal cry was for salt , -a commodity deficient and much desired through all Central Africa ; but Jobson , not duly apprised of ...
Pàgina 76
... seen in bands crossing from one side of the water to the other . The river- horses also presented themselves everywhere in nu- merous herds ; and though this animal generally moved in a sluggish and harmless manner , yet in the shallow ...
... seen in bands crossing from one side of the water to the other . The river- horses also presented themselves everywhere in nu- merous herds ; and though this animal generally moved in a sluggish and harmless manner , yet in the shallow ...
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