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 15
... banks and lay the surrounding country under water , or at least afford the means of artifi- cial inundation , are the principal source of that luxuriant fertility , that mighty growth of vegetable forms , which sin- gularly characterize ...
... banks and lay the surrounding country under water , or at least afford the means of artifi- cial inundation , are the principal source of that luxuriant fertility , that mighty growth of vegetable forms , which sin- gularly characterize ...
Pàgina 16
... bank , strike root and grow ; hence the original plant , spreading farther and farther , forms over the stream a species of natural arcade . These mighty trees do not stand alone , but have their interstices filled up by numberless ...
... bank , strike root and grow ; hence the original plant , spreading farther and farther , forms over the stream a species of natural arcade . These mighty trees do not stand alone , but have their interstices filled up by numberless ...
Pàgina 25
... bank rose " the hill of the Graces , " covered with a profusion of the finest foliage . Such is still the gay and brilliant aspect which the neigh- bourhood of Bengazi presents . To the south of the Na- samones , in a region almost ...
... bank rose " the hill of the Graces , " covered with a profusion of the finest foliage . Such is still the gay and brilliant aspect which the neigh- bourhood of Bengazi presents . To the south of the Na- samones , in a region almost ...
Pàgina 27
... banks of the Thermodon . They did not , like these last , positively exterminate or expel the male sex from their confines ; but , reserving to them- selves all the high cares of war and government , employed their lords in keeping the ...
... banks of the Thermodon . They did not , like these last , positively exterminate or expel the male sex from their confines ; but , reserving to them- selves all the high cares of war and government , employed their lords in keeping the ...
Pàgina 29
... banks , and spread like a sea over Lower Egypt . Some of the hypotheses formed to account for this inunda- tion deserve to be noticed . The most prevalent opinion ascribed it to the Etesian winds blowing from the north pe- riodically ...
... banks , and spread like a sea over Lower Egypt . Some of the hypotheses formed to account for this inunda- tion deserve to be noticed . The most prevalent opinion ascribed it to the Etesian winds blowing from the north pe- riodically ...
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