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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... usually elegant figures , -preying neither on men nor animals , but pursued by all on account of the delicate food which they afford . Here , too , roams the zebra , with its finely - striped skin , wrap- ped round it like a robe of ...
... usually elegant figures , -preying neither on men nor animals , but pursued by all on account of the delicate food which they afford . Here , too , roams the zebra , with its finely - striped skin , wrap- ped round it like a robe of ...
Pàgina 22
... usually granted among their neighbours . These were not the only fierce and warlike females who spread terror through Africa . Diodorus places here the Gorgons , who caused death by the mere hide- ousness of their aspect , and the ...
... usually granted among their neighbours . These were not the only fierce and warlike females who spread terror through Africa . Diodorus places here the Gorgons , who caused death by the mere hide- ousness of their aspect , and the ...
Pàgina 26
... usually subsisted ; some as eaters of fish , of elephants , and of turtles , while others are said to have fed on locusts , on roots , and even on the tender branches of trees . Many sought shelter also in places which had no regu- lar ...
... usually subsisted ; some as eaters of fish , of elephants , and of turtles , while others are said to have fed on locusts , on roots , and even on the tender branches of trees . Many sought shelter also in places which had no regu- lar ...
Pàgina 45
... usually brought into this form . From Thargari he went in twenty days to Tashila , three days beyond which commenced a desert of the most dreary aspect , where there was neither water , beast , nor bird , " nothing but sand and hills of ...
... usually brought into this form . From Thargari he went in twenty days to Tashila , three days beyond which commenced a desert of the most dreary aspect , where there was neither water , beast , nor bird , " nothing but sand and hills of ...
Pàgina 70
... usually paid to negro princes , and of which Clapperton , in Eyeo , afterwards saw several striking instances . The great and wealthy merchant , on ap- pearing in the presence of the king , first fell on his knees , then throwing off ...
... usually paid to negro princes , and of which Clapperton , in Eyeo , afterwards saw several striking instances . The great and wealthy merchant , on ap- pearing in the presence of the king , first fell on his knees , then throwing off ...
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