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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... hills , continually shifting , and leaving no marks to guide his course . Every breeze is filled with dust , which enters the mouth and nostrils , and penetrates between the clothes and skin . Sometimes it drives along in clouds and ...
... hills , continually shifting , and leaving no marks to guide his course . Every breeze is filled with dust , which enters the mouth and nostrils , and penetrates between the clothes and skin . Sometimes it drives along in clouds and ...
Pàgina 24
... Hills of salt arose , out of which the natives constructed their houses , without any fear of their melting beneath a shower , in a region where rain was unknown . The land became almost a desert , and was filled with such multitudes of ...
... Hills of salt arose , out of which the natives constructed their houses , without any fear of their melting beneath a shower , in a region where rain was unknown . The land became almost a desert , and was filled with such multitudes of ...
Pàgina 25
... 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 resigned to wild ...
... 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 resigned to wild ...
Pàgina 44
... 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 scenes of inland traffic ...
... 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 scenes of inland traffic ...
Pàgina 60
... 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 .
... 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 .
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