Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to the Present TimeOliver & Boyd, 1844 - 472 pàgines |
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Pàgina 29
... appeared a barrier at once vast and appalling , endless plains of moving sand , without a shrub , a blade of grass , or a single object by which life could be cheered or supported . This formi- dable boundary , which stopped the ...
... appeared a barrier at once vast and appalling , endless plains of moving sand , without a shrub , a blade of grass , or a single object by which life could be cheered or supported . This formi- dable boundary , which stopped the ...
Pàgina 30
... appeared dimly as through a cloud , and tinged with a certain fabulous and poetical colouring . Herodotus , the earliest and most interesting of Greek historians , when endeavouring to collect information respecting the whole of the ...
... appeared dimly as through a cloud , and tinged with a certain fabulous and poetical colouring . Herodotus , the earliest and most interesting of Greek historians , when endeavouring to collect information respecting the whole of the ...
Pàgina 35
... appearance of the fine region which surrounds it , sent thither a colony , who soon elevated it to its former rank as the greatest city of Africa . Another territory , of which the ancients had consider- able knowledge , was that ...
... appearance of the fine region which surrounds it , sent thither a colony , who soon elevated it to its former rank as the greatest city of Africa . Another territory , of which the ancients had consider- able knowledge , was that ...
Pàgina 38
... appeared an achievement rivalling the glories of conquest , and promised to confer immortal renown . The most active and enterprising spirits ac- cordingly , who sought to acquire celebrity by exploring the earth , looked to Africa as ...
... appeared an achievement rivalling the glories of conquest , and promised to confer immortal renown . The most active and enterprising spirits ac- cordingly , who sought to acquire celebrity by exploring the earth , looked to Africa as ...
Pàgina 40
... appeared a band of little black men , who seized and carried them off as captives . They were led along vast lakes and marshes to a town situated on a large river flowing from west to east , and inhabited by a people of the same size ...
... appeared a band of little black men , who seized and carried them off as captives . They were led along vast lakes and marshes to a town situated on a large river flowing from west to east , and inhabited by a people of the same size ...
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afterwards amid ancient animals appeared Arabs arrived attack Badagry banks beautiful Benin birds Boo Khalloom Bornou Boussa Caffres called camels canoe Cape Captain caravan cattle chief chiefly Clapperton coast colony colour continent covered Desert Devil's Peak district earth Europe European expedition extending extremely Eyeo farther feet Fellatas female Fezzan Gambia genus gneiss gold granite ground head Herodotus hills Hope horse immense inhabitants interior island journey king kingdom lake Lake Tchad land Lander Lattakoo length Major Denham miles Morocco mountains natives nearly negro Niger Nubia observed occur ocean Park party passed peculiar plain present prince principal proceeded quadrupeds race reached received regions river rocks Rüppell salt sand sandstone scarcely seen Senegal sent sheik shores Sierra Leone slaves soon Southern Africa species stream sultan Timbuctoo tion town travellers trees tribes Tripoli trona vessel village visited voyage Wawa whole wild