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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... Sand of the Desert rest ? -Description of a Trona or Natron Lake - Fulgurite and native Meteoric Iron in the Desert - Observations on the Sand of the Desert - Moving Pillars of Sand - Sand - wind - How the prevailing Winds affect the Sand ...
... Sand of the Desert rest ? -Description of a Trona or Natron Lake - Fulgurite and native Meteoric Iron in the Desert - Observations on the Sand of the Desert - Moving Pillars of Sand - Sand - wind - How the prevailing Winds affect the Sand ...
Pàgina 10
... Sand confounded with Coral , and adduced as a Proof of the very recent Emergence from the Ocean of the Lands supporting them - Geology of the Table - land , properly so called - Ac- count of the Sibilo of the Africans - Geological ...
... Sand confounded with Coral , and adduced as a Proof of the very recent Emergence from the Ocean of the Lands supporting them - Geology of the Table - land , properly so called - Ac- count of the Sibilo of the Africans - Geological ...
Pàgina 14
... sand form a feature so truly alarming . The Great Desert , with the exception of the narrow valley of the Nile , reaches across the entire continent , exhibiting an expanse of burning surface , where for many days the tra- veller finds ...
... sand form a feature so truly alarming . The Great Desert , with the exception of the narrow valley of the Nile , reaches across the entire continent , exhibiting an expanse of burning surface , where for many days the tra- veller finds ...
Pàgina 15
... sand , al- ternating with a hard and impenetrable stratum of clay . The central wastes of Asia , those of Arabia and of Sindetic Hindostan , though inferior to those of Africa , are yet of si- milar character , and of immense extent ...
... sand , al- ternating with a hard and impenetrable stratum of clay . The central wastes of Asia , those of Arabia and of Sindetic Hindostan , though inferior to those of Africa , are yet of si- milar character , and of immense extent ...
Pàgina 17
... sand , distilling those rich gums that afford an important material of African commerce . The lotus , a celebrated and classical shrub , the tamarisk , and other small and elegant trees , afford agreeable and nutritive berries , which ...
... sand , distilling those rich gums that afford an important material of African commerce . The lotus , a celebrated and classical shrub , the tamarisk , and other small and elegant trees , afford agreeable and nutritive berries , which ...
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