Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time: with Illustrations of the Geology, Mineralogy and ZoologyHarper & Brothers, 1836 - 359 pàgines |
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... scarcely irrigated even by a streamlet . It depends entirely on the periodical rains ; and these sink into the sandy and porous surface , till being arrested at the depth of eight or ten feet , they form that " sea under ground " which ...
... scarcely irrigated even by a streamlet . It depends entirely on the periodical rains ; and these sink into the sandy and porous surface , till being arrested at the depth of eight or ten feet , they form that " sea under ground " which ...
Pàgina 17
... scarcely a tract which they do not either hold in full posses- sion , or fiercely dispute with man . Even the most densely- peopled countries border on wide forests and wastes , whose savage tenants find their prey occasionally in man ...
... scarcely a tract which they do not either hold in full posses- sion , or fiercely dispute with man . Even the most densely- peopled countries border on wide forests and wastes , whose savage tenants find their prey occasionally in man ...
Pàgina 24
... scarcely disputed with them by the human race . Farther to the south , the soil no longer afforded food even to these wild tenants ; there was not the trunk of a tree nor a drop of water ; total silence and desolation reigned . Such is ...
... scarcely disputed with them by the human race . Farther to the south , the soil no longer afforded food even to these wild tenants ; there was not the trunk of a tree nor a drop of water ; total silence and desolation reigned . Such is ...
Pàgina 30
... scarcely African ; but upon this sub- ject we must follow modern ideas . Ptolemy Euergetes seems to have conquered part of Abyssinia , forming it into a kingdom , of which Axum was the capital ; and fine re- mains of Grecian ...
... scarcely African ; but upon this sub- ject we must follow modern ideas . Ptolemy Euergetes seems to have conquered part of Abyssinia , forming it into a kingdom , of which Axum was the capital ; and fine re- mains of Grecian ...
Pàgina 31
... scarcely in any instance be passed with impunity . Yet the prin- ciple of curiosity cannot be extinguished in the human breast , and is even rendered more ardent by the greatest obstacles . To lift up a portion of that veil within which ...
... scarcely in any instance be passed with impunity . Yet the prin- ciple of curiosity cannot be extinguished in the human breast , and is even rendered more ardent by the greatest obstacles . To lift up a portion of that veil within which ...
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Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa, from the Earliest Ages to ... Robert Jameson,James Wilson,Hugh Murray Visualització completa - 1830 |
Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to ... Robert Jameson,James Wilson,Hugh Murray Visualització completa - 1832 |
Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to ... Hugh Murray Visualització completa - 1832 |
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