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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... narrow path through these dense forests is a laborious process ; and as shoots are continually protruding inwards on cach side , the track , without constant travelling , and the diligent use of the axe , 16 NATURAL FEATURES OF AFRICA .
... narrow path through these dense forests is a laborious process ; and as shoots are continually protruding inwards on cach side , the track , without constant travelling , and the diligent use of the axe , 16 NATURAL FEATURES OF AFRICA .
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... side to the feast of blood . These ferocious creatures hold , indeed , so commanding a position , that the colonist scarcely makes any attempt to extirpate them , or even to keep down their numbers . He wages against them only a ...
... side to the feast of blood . These ferocious creatures hold , indeed , so commanding a position , that the colonist scarcely makes any attempt to extirpate them , or even to keep down their numbers . He wages against them only a ...
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... side of the globe , where during our summer it was winter ; consequently , the greatest rains then fell , and the swollen waters , flowing across the whole breadth of the torrid zone , acquired that soft and mellow taste which made them ...
... side of the globe , where during our summer it was winter ; consequently , the greatest rains then fell , and the swollen waters , flowing across the whole breadth of the torrid zone , acquired that soft and mellow taste which made them ...
Pàgina 31
... side by two unknown coasts , which stretched so far that it was not possible to conjecture their termination . Two tempestuous oceans , a desert the most dreary on the face of the earth , and infested by multitudes of huge and ferocious ...
... side by two unknown coasts , which stretched so far that it was not possible to conjecture their termination . Two tempestuous oceans , a desert the most dreary on the face of the earth , and infested by multitudes of huge and ferocious ...
Pàgina 32
... side , Major Rennel urges , that , immense as this voyage was , it was entirely along a coast of which the navigators never required to lose sight even for a day ; that their small barks were well equipped , and better fitted than ours ...
... side , Major Rennel urges , that , immense as this voyage was , it was entirely along a coast of which the navigators never required to lose sight even for a day ; that their small barks were well equipped , and better fitted than ours ...
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