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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... side , the track , without constant travelling and the diligent use of the axe , soon becomes impassable . As we approach the confines of the Desert , these giants of the wood disappear , and vegetation pre- sents a different and more ...
... side , the track , without constant travelling and the diligent use of the axe , soon becomes impassable . As we approach the confines of the Desert , these giants of the wood disappear , and vegetation pre- sents a different and more ...
Pàgina 7
... side to the feast of blood . These ferocious creatures hold , indeed , so commanding a position , that the colonist scarcely makes any at- tempt to extirpate them , or even to keep down their numbers . He wages against them only a ...
... side to the feast of blood . These ferocious creatures hold , indeed , so commanding a position , that the colonist scarcely makes any at- tempt to extirpate them , or even to keep down their numbers . He wages against them only a ...
Pàgina 24
... side of the globe , where during our summer it was winter ; consequently the greatest rains then fell , and the swollen waters , flowing across the whole breadth of the torrid zone , acquired that soft and mellow taste which made them ...
... side of the globe , where during our summer it was winter ; consequently the greatest rains then fell , and the swollen waters , flowing across the whole breadth of the torrid zone , acquired that soft and mellow taste which made them ...
Pàgina 26
... side by two unknown coasts , which stretched so far that it was not possible to conjecture their termination . Two tempestuous oceans , a desert the most dreary on the face of the earth , and infested by 26 ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA .
... side by two unknown coasts , which stretched so far that it was not possible to conjecture their termination . Two tempestuous oceans , a desert the most dreary on the face of the earth , and infested by 26 ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA .
Pàgina 28
... side , Major Rennel urges , that , immense as this voyage was , it was entirely along a coast of which the navigators never required to lose sight even for a day ; that their small barks were well equipped and better fitted than ours ...
... side , Major Rennel urges , that , immense as this voyage was , it was entirely along a coast of which the navigators never required to lose sight even for a day ; that their small barks were well equipped and better fitted than ours ...
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