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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... Wild Dogs - Civets - Lion - Panther and Leopard - Lynxes --Squirrels - Marmots - Sand Mole - Gerboa -- Rats and Mice - Dormice - Porcupines - Hares and Rabbits- Cape Anteater - Manis - Elephant - Rhinoceros - Ethi- opian Hog ...
... Wild Dogs - Civets - Lion - Panther and Leopard - Lynxes --Squirrels - Marmots - Sand Mole - Gerboa -- Rats and Mice - Dormice - Porcupines - Hares and Rabbits- Cape Anteater - Manis - Elephant - Rhinoceros - Ethi- opian Hog ...
Pàgina 6
... wild and spontaneous beauty , embellish the precincts of the waste . Thus the Desert , in its first approaches , and before vegetable life begins to expire , does not assume its sternest character , but wears even a pe- culiarly ...
... wild and spontaneous beauty , embellish the precincts of the waste . Thus the Desert , in its first approaches , and before vegetable life begins to expire , does not assume its sternest character , but wears even a pe- culiarly ...
Pàgina 7
... wild tribes exist in large and formidable numbers , and there is scarcely a tract which they do not either hold in full possession , or fiercely dispute with man . Even the most densely- peopled countries border on wide forests and ...
... wild tribes exist in large and formidable numbers , and there is scarcely a tract which they do not either hold in full possession , or fiercely dispute with man . Even the most densely- peopled countries border on wide forests and ...
Pàgina 11
... wild beasts , or even the more de- solating career of human warfare . In vain do the despairing inhabitants seek with fire and other means to arrest their progress ; the dense and irresistible mass continues to move onward , and soon ...
... wild beasts , or even the more de- solating career of human warfare . In vain do the despairing inhabitants seek with fire and other means to arrest their progress ; the dense and irresistible mass continues to move onward , and soon ...
Pàgina 15
... the coast and the river . After proceeding a few journeys into the interior , the traveller found himself among wild and wan- dering tribes , who exhibited human nature under its rudest ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA . 15.
... the coast and the river . After proceeding a few journeys into the interior , the traveller found himself among wild and wan- dering tribes , who exhibited human nature under its rudest ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA . 15.
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