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 10
... BIRDS OF AFRICA . Introductory Observations - Vultures - Serpent - eater - Eagles - Hawks -Owls - Butcher - birds - Thrushes - Buntings - Colius - Beef - eaters- Rollers - Goat - suckers - Swallows - Hoopoes - Promerops - Creepers -Bee ...
... BIRDS OF AFRICA . Introductory Observations - Vultures - Serpent - eater - Eagles - Hawks -Owls - Butcher - birds - Thrushes - Buntings - Colius - Beef - eaters- Rollers - Goat - suckers - Swallows - Hoopoes - Promerops - Creepers -Bee ...
Pàgina 44
... bird , " nothing but sand and hills of sand . " In ten days he came to Abu Latin , a large commercial town , crowded with merchants from various quarters of the continent . The manners of the people , as is indeed too common in the ...
... bird , " nothing but sand and hills of sand . " In ten days he came to Abu Latin , a large commercial town , crowded with merchants from various quarters of the continent . The manners of the people , as is indeed too common in the ...
Pàgina 132
... bird or an insect , that did not belong to the caravan itself . After painful marches under the direct action of the solar rays , they were delighted by the stillness and beauty of the night . The moon and stars shone with peculiar ...
... bird or an insect , that did not belong to the caravan itself . After painful marches under the direct action of the solar rays , they were delighted by the stillness and beauty of the night . The moon and stars shone with peculiar ...
Pàgina 136
... Bird , waited upon the party , and was presented by Boo Khalloom with a coarse scarlet burnouse and a tawdry silk caftan : these paltry dresses , being the finest that had ever invested the person of this chieftain , threw him into ...
... Bird , waited upon the party , and was presented by Boo Khalloom with a coarse scarlet burnouse and a tawdry silk caftan : these paltry dresses , being the finest that had ever invested the person of this chieftain , threw him into ...
Pàgina 194
... bird is heard ; " yet there was something imposing in the view of a great city , thus raised amid sands and deserts by the mere power of commerce . Although M. Caillié resided above a fortnight in Tim It buctoo , his information ...
... bird is heard ; " yet there was something imposing in the view of a great city , thus raised amid sands and deserts by the mere power of commerce . Although M. Caillié resided above a fortnight in Tim It buctoo , his information ...
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