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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... 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 pleasing aspect . It exhi- bits now the light and gay form of the acacia , whole ...
... 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 pleasing aspect . It exhi- bits now the light and gay form of the acacia , whole ...
Pàgina 11
... soon baffles every attempt to check its course . Whole provinces which , at their entrance , are covered with rich har- vests and brilliant verdure , are left without a leaf or a blade . Even when destroyed by famine or tem- pest they ...
... soon baffles every attempt to check its course . Whole provinces which , at their entrance , are covered with rich har- vests and brilliant verdure , are left without a leaf or a blade . Even when destroyed by famine or tem- pest they ...
Pàgina 21
... assigned to females . As soon as the wife had gone through the necessary trouble of bearing a child , she handed it to the husband to be . nursed , and immediately resumed her own high . ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA . 126.
... assigned to females . As soon as the wife had gone through the necessary trouble of bearing a child , she handed it to the husband to be . nursed , and immediately resumed her own high . ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA . 126.
Pàgina 23
... soon elevated it to its former rank as the greatest city of Africa . Another territory , of which the ancients had con- siderable knowledge , was that which extended up- wards along the Nile , the immediate borders of which have always ...
... soon elevated it to its former rank as the greatest city of Africa . Another territory , of which the ancients had con- siderable knowledge , was that which extended up- wards along the Nile , the immediate borders of which have always ...
Pàgina 32
... soon as the sun set , fires blazed on the shore , and the shouts of men were mingled with the varied sounds of cymbals , trumpets , and other musical instruments . This scene , being new to the Carthaginians , struck them with a sort of ...
... soon as the sun set , fires blazed on the shore , and the shouts of men were mingled with the varied sounds of cymbals , trumpets , and other musical instruments . This scene , being new to the Carthaginians , struck them with a sort of ...
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