Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to the Present TimeOliver & Boyd, 1844 - 472 pàgines |
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Pàgina 19
... clothes and skin . Sometimes the sand drives along in clouds and whirl- winds , beneath which it was once thought that caravans and even armies had been buried ; but it is now ascer- tained that the numerous bones which whiten the ...
... clothes and skin . Sometimes the sand drives along in clouds and whirl- winds , beneath which it was once thought that caravans and even armies had been buried ; but it is now ascer- tained that the numerous bones which whiten the ...
Pàgina 24
... cloth ; and the camelopard , the tallest and most remarkable of quadrupeds , with his long fore - legs and high - stretching neck , of singular and fantastic beauty , crops the leaves of the African forest . Though a rare species , he ...
... cloth ; and the camelopard , the tallest and most remarkable of quadrupeds , with his long fore - legs and high - stretching neck , of singular and fantastic beauty , crops the leaves of the African forest . Though a rare species , he ...
Pàgina 26
... clothes , furniture , food , not even , it is said , sparing the inmates , who are compelled to make a speedy retreat . Such are the evils to which the people of this conti- nent are perpetually exposed from the lower creation ; and yet ...
... clothes , furniture , food , not even , it is said , sparing the inmates , who are compelled to make a speedy retreat . Such are the evils to which the people of this conti- nent are perpetually exposed from the lower creation ; and yet ...
Pàgina 49
... gold and ornaments . Mention is made of the cotton cloths which still form the staple manufacture . Tocrur appears evidently to be Sackatoo C or Soccatoo , now the capital of an empire which SETTLEMENTS OF THE ARABS . 49.
... gold and ornaments . Mention is made of the cotton cloths which still form the staple manufacture . Tocrur appears evidently to be Sackatoo C or Soccatoo , now the capital of an empire which SETTLEMENTS OF THE ARABS . 49.
Pàgina 62
... cloth woven from the palm - tree . He gave full permis- sion to erect a church ; and , when murmurs were heard from a few of his attendants , he instantly offered to put them to death on the spot ; but his visitors laudably dis- suaded ...
... cloth woven from the palm - tree . He gave full permis- sion to erect a church ; and , when murmurs were heard from a few of his attendants , he instantly offered to put them to death on the spot ; but his visitors laudably dis- suaded ...
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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 |
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