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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... carried beyond a certain limit , become its deadliest bane . That parent orb , which cheers and illumines the rest of the earth , glares on Africa with oppressive and malignant beam , blasting the face of nature , and covering her with ...
... carried beyond a certain limit , become its deadliest bane . That parent orb , which cheers and illumines the rest of the earth , glares on Africa with oppressive and malignant beam , blasting the face of nature , and covering her with ...
Pàgina 18
... carried by storm fortified enclosures . The ele- phant roams in vast herds through the densely - wooded tracts of the interior , disputing with the lion the rank of king of the lower creation ; matchless in bulk and strength , yet ...
... carried by storm fortified enclosures . The ele- phant roams in vast herds through the densely - wooded tracts of the interior , disputing with the lion the rank of king of the lower creation ; matchless in bulk and strength , yet ...
Pàgina 26
... carrying off these poor victims as slaves . Our author comes next to the Atlantes , and re- lates several things which with better knowledge he would probably have omitted . He pretends , for example , that none of them bear proper ...
... carrying off these poor victims as slaves . Our author comes next to the Atlantes , and re- lates several things which with better knowledge he would probably have omitted . He pretends , for example , that none of them bear proper ...
Pàgina 27
... carried on trade in a very peculiar manner . This wild and timid race would not approach or hold parley with the strangers , who , on drawing near to the shore , kindled a fire , uttered loud cries , and laid on the sand a certain ...
... carried on trade in a very peculiar manner . This wild and timid race would not approach or hold parley with the strangers , who , on drawing near to the shore , kindled a fire , uttered loud cries , and laid on the sand a certain ...
Pàgina 28
... carried their victorious arms into Syria and Asia Minor . What foundation there may be in fact for this story of the Western Amazons , it is not easy to conjecture ; but the Tuaricks , a numerous na- tive race still found in those ...
... carried their victorious arms into Syria and Asia Minor . What foundation there may be in fact for this story of the Western Amazons , it is not easy to conjecture ; but the Tuaricks , a numerous na- tive race still found in those ...
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