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 ix
... Rocks of Benioleed - Soudan or Black Mountains - Petrified Wood in the Desert - Horrid Conse- quences of the Slave - trade - Human Skeletons in the Desert - Natron and Salt Lakes - Desert of Bilma - Sultan of Fezzan and a Slave - On ...
... Rocks of Benioleed - Soudan or Black Mountains - Petrified Wood in the Desert - Horrid Conse- quences of the Slave - trade - Human Skeletons in the Desert - Natron and Salt Lakes - Desert of Bilma - Sultan of Fezzan and a Slave - On ...
Pàgina 10
... Rocks do those of the Cape Peninsula belong ? -At what Period did the Cape Rocks rise above the Level of the Sea ? -Vegetables in crusted with Calcareous Sand confounded with Coral , and adduced as a Proof of the very recent Emergence ...
... Rocks do those of the Cape Peninsula belong ? -At what Period did the Cape Rocks rise above the Level of the Sea ? -Vegetables in crusted with Calcareous Sand confounded with Coral , and adduced as a Proof of the very recent Emergence ...
Pàgina 24
... rock , valley , and plain , presenting a varied , and often a picturesque landscape . This region , intermediate between the known and the unknown , between civilized and savage existence , excited in a somewhat pecu- liar degree the ...
... rock , valley , and plain , presenting a varied , and often a picturesque landscape . This region , intermediate between the known and the unknown , between civilized and savage existence , excited in a somewhat pecu- liar degree the ...
Pàgina 31
... rock , with an opening to the north for coolness , or they were formed by twisting together the branches of several large shrubs , and constructing thus a species of shady arbour ; while some tribes , still more forlorn , merely climbed ...
... rock , with an opening to the north for coolness , or they were formed by twisting together the branches of several large shrubs , and constructing thus a species of shady arbour ; while some tribes , still more forlorn , merely climbed ...
Pàgina 35
... rocks , and threw down stones on their pursuers ; yet three females were caught , and their skins carried to Carthage . At length , the coast becoming desolate , and no longer affording either provisions or water , it was found ...
... rocks , and threw down stones on their pursuers ; yet three females were caught , and their skins carried to Carthage . At length , the coast becoming desolate , and no longer affording either provisions or water , it was found ...
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