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 xiii
... Springs- Remarks on the Importance of a Knowledge of the Na- tural History and Chemical Composition of Springs— Geology of Caffraria , Natal , & c . - Conclusion , ... Page 330 CHAPTER XVIII . NATURAL HISTORY OF THE QUADRUPEDS OF AFRICA ...
... Springs- Remarks on the Importance of a Knowledge of the Na- tural History and Chemical Composition of Springs— Geology of Caffraria , Natal , & c . - Conclusion , ... Page 330 CHAPTER XVIII . NATURAL HISTORY OF THE QUADRUPEDS OF AFRICA ...
Pàgina 7
... spring , rarely falls his victim . Wider ravages are committed by the hyena , not the • In the present chapter we allude only to a few of the more conspicuous and peculiar characteristics of African zoology . The subject is treated of ...
... spring , rarely falls his victim . Wider ravages are committed by the hyena , not the • In the present chapter we allude only to a few of the more conspicuous and peculiar characteristics of African zoology . The subject is treated of ...
Pàgina 115
... spring ; but the savage animal , either not pressed by hunger , or struck with some mysterious awe , remained immoveable , and allowed the party to pass unmolested . Real misery arose from a meaner cause , namely , the amazing swarms of ...
... spring ; but the savage animal , either not pressed by hunger , or struck with some mysterious awe , remained immoveable , and allowed the party to pass unmolested . Real misery arose from a meaner cause , namely , the amazing swarms of ...
Pàgina 139
... to visit and to associate with his name . This territory does in fact contain springs , a small edifice with walls six feet thick , partly painted and adorned with hiero- glyphics . There are also antique tombs in the neigh- HORNEMAN . 139.
... to visit and to associate with his name . This territory does in fact contain springs , a small edifice with walls six feet thick , partly painted and adorned with hiero- glyphics . There are also antique tombs in the neigh- HORNEMAN . 139.
Pàgina 146
... was ob- liged to march twenty - nine days over a tract of de- sert , where there was neither plant nor shrub , a blade of grass , nor a drop of water . Finding the spring dry , the prospect of which had sustained their 146 ADAMS .
... was ob- liged to march twenty - nine days over a tract of de- sert , where there was neither plant nor shrub , a blade of grass , nor a drop of water . Finding the spring dry , the prospect of which had sustained their 146 ADAMS .
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