Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time: With Illustrations of the Geology, Mineralogy and ZoologyJ. & J. Harper, 1846 - 359 pàgines |
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Pàgina 138
... Fellatas , a western people , to whose em- pire Bornou seemed to have been finally annexed . There still remained , however , a spirit in the people which spurned at a foreign yoke . The present sheik , a native of Kanem , of humble ...
... Fellatas , a western people , to whose em- pire Bornou seemed to have been finally annexed . There still remained , however , a spirit in the people which spurned at a foreign yoke . The present sheik , a native of Kanem , of humble ...
Pàgina 148
... Fellatas had united the sultan of Mandara in close alliance with the sheik , to whom he had lately mar- ried his daughter ; and the nuptials had been celebrated by a great slave - hunt among the mountains , when , after a dreadful ...
... Fellatas had united the sultan of Mandara in close alliance with the sheik , to whom he had lately mar- ried his daughter ; and the nuptials had been celebrated by a great slave - hunt among the mountains , when , after a dreadful ...
Pàgina 152
... Fellatas , see- ing that their antagonists were only a handful , rallied on the tops of the hills , were joined by new troops , and turned round . Their women behind , cheering them on , conti- nually supplied fresh arrows , and rolled ...
... Fellatas , see- ing that their antagonists were only a handful , rallied on the tops of the hills , were joined by new troops , and turned round . Their women behind , cheering them on , conti- nually supplied fresh arrows , and rolled ...
Pàgina 153
... Fellatas were instantly up , when four of his compa- nions were stabbed beside him , uttering the most frightful cries . He himself was fully prepared for the same fate ; but happily his clothes formed a valuable booty , through which ...
... Fellatas were instantly up , when four of his compa- nions were stabbed beside him , uttering the most frightful cries . He himself was fully prepared for the same fate ; but happily his clothes formed a valuable booty , through which ...
Pàgina 155
... Fellatas in their last inroad , and of which all the inhabitants were either killed or carried into slavery . These fine plains were now overgrown with forests and thickets , in which grew tamarind and other trees , producing delicate ...
... Fellatas in their last inroad , and of which all the inhabitants were either killed or carried into slavery . These fine plains were now overgrown with forests and thickets , in which grew tamarind and other trees , producing delicate ...
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