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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... seen occasionally straying over a great proportion of that continent . Nature , sporting as it would seem in the production of extraordinary objects , has filled Africa with a wonderful multitude of those animals which bear the closest ...
... seen occasionally straying over a great proportion of that continent . Nature , sporting as it would seem in the production of extraordinary objects , has filled Africa with a wonderful multitude of those animals which bear the closest ...
Pàgina 21
... seen thousands of her unfortunate children dragged in chains over its deserts and across the ocean , to spend their lives in foreign and distant bondage . Supersti- tion , tyranny , anarchy , and the opposing interests of num- berless ...
... seen thousands of her unfortunate children dragged in chains over its deserts and across the ocean , to spend their lives in foreign and distant bondage . Supersti- tion , tyranny , anarchy , and the opposing interests of num- berless ...
Pàgina 60
... seen together in the stream , and their voices , calling as it were to each other , resembled the " sound of a deep well , " and might be heard at the distance of a league . Sea - horses also were observed tossing and snorting in every ...
... seen together in the stream , and their voices , calling as it were to each other , resembled the " sound of a deep well , " and might be heard at the distance of a league . Sea - horses also were observed tossing and snorting in every ...
Pàgina 61
... seen a white man , ran away ; but the sight of a few beads soon allured them to return . Unluckily , the universal cry was for salt , —a commodity deficient and much desired through all Central Africa ; but Jobson , not duly apprized of ...
... seen a white man , ran away ; but the sight of a few beads soon allured them to return . Unluckily , the universal cry was for salt , —a commodity deficient and much desired through all Central Africa ; but Jobson , not duly apprized of ...
Pàgina 66
... seen in bands crossing from one side of the water to the other . The river - horses also presented themselves every where in numerous herds ; and though this animal generally moved in a sluggish and harmless manner , yet in the shallow ...
... seen in bands crossing from one side of the water to the other . The river - horses also presented themselves every where in numerous herds ; and though this animal generally moved in a sluggish and harmless manner , yet in the shallow ...
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