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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... usually elegant figures , preying neither on men nor animals , but pursued by all on account of the delicate food which they afford . Here , too , roams the zebra , with its finely - striped skin wrapped around it like a robe of rich ...
... usually elegant figures , preying neither on men nor animals , but pursued by all on account of the delicate food which they afford . Here , too , roams the zebra , with its finely - striped skin wrapped around it like a robe of rich ...
Pàgina 28
... usually granted among their neighbours . These were not the only fierce and warlike females who spread terror through Africa . Diodorus places here the Gorgons , who caused death by the mere hideousness of their aspect , and the ser ...
... usually granted among their neighbours . These were not the only fierce and warlike females who spread terror through Africa . Diodorus places here the Gorgons , who caused death by the mere hideousness of their aspect , and the ser ...
Pàgina 31
... usually subsisted ; some as eaters of fish , of elephants , and of turtles ; while others are said to have fed on locusts , on roots , and even on the tender branches of trees . Many sought shelter also in places which had no regular ...
... usually subsisted ; some as eaters of fish , of elephants , and of turtles ; while others are said to have fed on locusts , on roots , and even on the tender branches of trees . Many sought shelter also in places which had no regular ...
Pàgina 44
... usually brought into this form . From Thargari he went in twenty days to Tashila , three days beyond which commenced a desert of the most dreary aspect , where there was neither water , beast , nor bird , " nothing but sand and hills of ...
... usually brought into this form . From Thargari he went in twenty days to Tashila , three days beyond which commenced a desert of the most dreary aspect , where there was neither water , beast , nor bird , " nothing but sand and hills of ...
Pàgina 62
... usually paid to negro princes , and of which Clapperton , in Eyeo , after ward saw several striking instances . The great and wealthy merchant , on appearing in the presence of the king , first fell on his knees , then throwing off his ...
... usually paid to negro princes , and of which Clapperton , in Eyeo , after ward saw several striking instances . The great and wealthy merchant , on appearing in the presence of the king , first fell on his knees , then throwing off his ...
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