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 16
... tree on the face of the earth . Adanson assures us , that the circumference in some cases is equal to thirteen fathoms ... trees do not stand alone , but have their interstices filled up by numberless shrubs , canes , creeping and pa ...
... tree on the face of the earth . Adanson assures us , that the circumference in some cases is equal to thirteen fathoms ... trees do not stand alone , but have their interstices filled up by numberless shrubs , canes , creeping and pa ...
Pàgina 17
... trees , afford agreeable and nutritive berries , which constitute the food of several nations . Various flowering shrubs of the most delicate tints , rising in wild and spontaneous beau- ty , embellish the precincts of the waste . Thus ...
... trees , afford agreeable and nutritive berries , which constitute the food of several nations . Various flowering shrubs of the most delicate tints , rising in wild and spontaneous beau- ty , embellish the precincts of the waste . Thus ...
Pàgina 24
... tree nor a drop of water ; total silence and desolation reigned . Such is the general picture which Herodotus draws of this northern boundary of the great African desert , which must be acknowledged to be at 24 ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA .
... tree nor a drop of water ; total silence and desolation reigned . Such is the general picture which Herodotus draws of this northern boundary of the great African desert , which must be acknowledged to be at 24 ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA .
Pàgina 25
... trees . To this people are ascribed various singular customs , among which was their mode of foreseeing the future by laying themselves to sleep on the tombs of their ancestors , watch- ing the dreams which arose in this position , and ...
... trees . To this people are ascribed various singular customs , among which was their mode of foreseeing the future by laying themselves to sleep on the tombs of their ancestors , watch- ing the dreams which arose in this position , and ...
Pàgina 31
... trees . Many sought shelter also in places which had no regular claim to be considered as human ha- bitations . These were either cavities dug out of the rock , with an opening to the north for coolness , or they were formed by twisting ...
... trees . Many sought shelter also in places which had no regular claim to be considered as human ha- bitations . These were either cavities dug out of the rock , with an opening to the north for coolness , or they were formed by twisting ...
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