Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to the Present TimeOliver & Boyd, 1844 - 472 pàgines |
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... entirely new character to the geography of Africa , has been noticed , as it deserved , at some length . The opportunity has also been taken to bring down to the present date the accounts of the British settlements at Sierra Leone , the ...
... entirely new character to the geography of Africa , has been noticed , as it deserved , at some length . The opportunity has also been taken to bring down to the present date the accounts of the British settlements at Sierra Leone , the ...
Pàgina 20
... 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 has been traced throughout a large portion of the ...
... 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 has been traced throughout a large portion of the ...
Pàgina 30
... entirely the record of what he saw and heard during his various pere- grinations . By means of a long stay in Egypt , and an intimate communication with the native priests , he learned much that was accurate , as well as somewhat that ...
... entirely the record of what he saw and heard during his various pere- grinations . By means of a long stay in Egypt , and an intimate communication with the native priests , he learned much that was accurate , as well as somewhat that ...
Pàgina 31
... entirely perished , and their place was taken by the Nasamones . Beyond them the Mace inhabited a beautiful region watered by the river Cinyps , on whose banks rose " the hill of the Graces , " covered with a profusion of the finest ...
... entirely perished , and their place was taken by the Nasamones . Beyond them the Mace inhabited a beautiful region watered by the river Cinyps , on whose banks rose " the hill of the Graces , " covered with a profusion of the finest ...
Pàgina 39
... entirely along a shore of which the navigators never required to lose sight even for a day ; that their small barks were well equipped and better fitted than ours for coasting navigation ; and , drawing very little water , could be kept ...
... entirely along a shore of which the navigators never required to lose sight even for a day ; that their small barks were well equipped and better fitted than ours for coasting navigation ; and , drawing very little water , could be kept ...
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