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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... body of the people were very speedily baptized and called Christians , but without any idea of the duties and obligations which that sacred name imposes . There was , however , one point which the missionaries soon began very ...
... body of the people were very speedily baptized and called Christians , but without any idea of the duties and obligations which that sacred name imposes . There was , however , one point which the missionaries soon began very ...
Pàgina 65
... body of the governor , who had fallen a victim to the fever of the climate , which had previously affected his brain . Thus , notwithstanding every exertion of Orfeur , who succeeded him , the equip- ment of the boats was delayed till ...
... body of the governor , who had fallen a victim to the fever of the climate , which had previously affected his brain . Thus , notwithstanding every exertion of Orfeur , who succeeded him , the equip- ment of the boats was delayed till ...
Pàgina 66
... body , and stated their firm determination on no account to proceed any farther . No one , they said , had ever gone beyond Barraconda , ― Barraconda was the end of the world , - -or if there existed any thing beyond , it was a ...
... body , and stated their firm determination on no account to proceed any farther . No one , they said , had ever gone beyond Barraconda , ― Barraconda was the end of the world , - -or if there existed any thing beyond , it was a ...
Pàgina 71
... body of mounted musicians , who , performing on various instruments , produced a noise at once deafening and discordant . Next followed the royal ladies , mounted on the backs of camels in large osier baskets , which so completely ...
... body of mounted musicians , who , performing on various instruments , produced a noise at once deafening and discordant . Next followed the royal ladies , mounted on the backs of camels in large osier baskets , which so completely ...
Pàgina 77
... as to the sciences upon which the extension of geogra phical knowledge depends . To remove this reproach , a body of spirited individuals formed themselves into what was termed the African Association . They subscribed the necessary.
... as to the sciences upon which the extension of geogra phical knowledge depends . To remove this reproach , a body of spirited individuals formed themselves into what was termed the African Association . They subscribed the necessary.
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