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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... march along the bottom of the waters , or to swim on their surface . He is slow , ponderous , gentle ; yet when annoyed , either by de- sign or accident , his wrath is terrible ; he rushes up from his watery retreat , and by merely ...
... march along the bottom of the waters , or to swim on their surface . He is slow , ponderous , gentle ; yet when annoyed , either by de- sign or accident , his wrath is terrible ; he rushes up from his watery retreat , and by merely ...
Pàgina 60
... size brought up the rear . " Thus do they march on , and are very bold . " At night , as they took their stand upon the hills , filling the air with con fused cries , " one great voice would exalt itself 60 EARLY ENGLISH DISCOVERIES .
... size brought up the rear . " Thus do they march on , and are very bold . " At night , as they took their stand upon the hills , filling the air with con fused cries , " one great voice would exalt itself 60 EARLY ENGLISH DISCOVERIES .
Pàgina 85
... March . He passed next through Sampaka and Dalli , where he was re- ceived by the negro inhabitants with the usual kindness and hospitality of that race ; he was even induced to stop a day at Dalli under promise of an escort ; but this ...
... March . He passed next through Sampaka and Dalli , where he was re- ceived by the negro inhabitants with the usual kindness and hospitality of that race ; he was even induced to stop a day at Dalli under promise of an escort ; but this ...
Pàgina 88
... march to attack the town . The troops , who ought to have defended the place , fled at the first on- set , and nothing remained for the inhabitants but to aban- don it and escape from slaughter or slavery , the dreadful alternatives of ...
... march to attack the town . The troops , who ought to have defended the place , fled at the first on- set , and nothing remained for the inhabitants but to aban- don it and escape from slaughter or slavery , the dreadful alternatives of ...
Pàgina 102
... March he arrived at the Cape Verd Islands ; and on the 28th reached Goree . There he provided himself with an officer and thirty - five soldiers , and with a large stock of asses from the islands , where the breed of these animals is ...
... March he arrived at the Cape Verd Islands ; and on the 28th reached Goree . There he provided himself with an officer and thirty - five soldiers , and with a large stock of asses from the islands , where the breed of these animals is ...
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