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 15
... means of artifi- cial inundation , are the principal source of that luxuriant fertility , that mighty growth of vegetable forms , which sin- gularly characterize the tropical climates . It is to the was which descend from the lofty ...
... means of artifi- cial inundation , are the principal source of that luxuriant fertility , that mighty growth of vegetable forms , which sin- gularly characterize the tropical climates . It is to the was which descend from the lofty ...
Pàgina 20
... means to arrest their progress ; the dense and irresistible mass continues to move onward , and soon baffles every at- tempt to check its course . Whole provinces , which at at their entrance are covered with rich harvests and brilliant ...
... means to arrest their progress ; the dense and irresistible mass continues to move onward , and soon baffles every at- tempt to check its course . Whole provinces , which at at their entrance are covered with rich harvests and brilliant ...
Pàgina 23
... means of which she rose to such a degree of power as enabled her to hold long suspended between herself and Rome the scales of univer- sal empire . In that grand struggle Carthage sunk amid a blaze of expiring glory ; while Egypt ...
... means of which she rose to such a degree of power as enabled her to hold long suspended between herself and Rome the scales of univer- sal empire . In that grand struggle Carthage sunk amid a blaze of expiring glory ; while Egypt ...
Pàgina 24
... means of a long stay in Egypt , and an intimate communication with the native priests , he learned much that was accurate , as well as somewhat that was incorrect and exaggerated , re- specting the wide region which extends from the ...
... means of a long stay in Egypt , and an intimate communication with the native priests , he learned much that was accurate , as well as somewhat that was incorrect and exaggerated , re- specting the wide region which extends from the ...
Pàgina 33
... means have reached home . Herodotus concludes this great river to be the Nile flowing from the westward ; while Major Rennel conceives it to be the Niger of Park , and the city to be Timbuctoo ; but since the late discoveries of Denham ...
... means have reached home . Herodotus concludes this great river to be the Nile flowing from the westward ; while Major Rennel conceives it to be the Niger of Park , and the city to be Timbuctoo ; but since the late discoveries of Denham ...
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