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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... human life which ren- ders the Arctic zone so dreary , than they had to ex- perience in the latter from the fierce , contemptuous , and persecuting character of the people who occupy the interior parts of the Libyan continent . In a ...
... human life which ren- ders the Arctic zone so dreary , than they had to ex- perience in the latter from the fierce , contemptuous , and persecuting character of the people who occupy the interior parts of the Libyan continent . In a ...
Pàgina ix
... Human Skeletons in the Desert - Natron and Salt Lakes - Desert of Bilma - Sultan of Fezzan and a Slave - On what Formation does the Sand of the Desert rest ? -Description of a Trona or Natron Lake - Fulgurite and native Meteoric Iron in ...
... Human Skeletons in the Desert - Natron and Salt Lakes - Desert of Bilma - Sultan of Fezzan and a Slave - On what Formation does the Sand of the Desert rest ? -Description of a Trona or Natron Lake - Fulgurite and native Meteoric Iron in ...
Pàgina 17
... human slaughter is wafted on the breeze , bands of hungry monsters hasten from every side to the feast of blood . These ferocious creatures hold , indeed , so commanding a position , that the colonist scarcely makes any attempt to ...
... human slaughter is wafted on the breeze , bands of hungry monsters hasten from every side to the feast of blood . These ferocious creatures hold , indeed , so commanding a position , that the colonist scarcely makes any attempt to ...
Pàgina 18
... human being is more frequently the aggressor , not only with the view of protecting the fruits of the earth , but also in order to obtain the bony substance composing his tusks , which , under the name of ivory , forms one of the most ...
... human being is more frequently the aggressor , not only with the view of protecting the fruits of the earth , but also in order to obtain the bony substance composing his tusks , which , under the name of ivory , forms one of the most ...
Pàgina 19
... human form divine . " The orang - outang appears to constitute the link between man and the lower orders of living things . Standing erect , without a tail , with flat face , and arms of not greatly disproportioned length , it displays ...
... human form divine . " The orang - outang appears to constitute the link between man and the lower orders of living things . Standing erect , without a tail , with flat face , and arms of not greatly disproportioned length , it displays ...
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