Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to the Present TimeOliver & Boyd, 1844 - 472 pàgines |
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Pàgina 26
... lives in dis- tant bondage . In a word , superstition , tyranny , anarchy , and the opposing interests of numberless petty states , maintain a constant and destructive warfare in this suf- fering portion of the earth . Nevertheless ...
... lives in dis- tant bondage . In a word , superstition , tyranny , anarchy , and the opposing interests of numberless petty states , maintain a constant and destructive warfare in this suf- fering portion of the earth . Nevertheless ...
Pàgina 97
... live in plenty on ten pounds a - year . Quitting the Gambia , he took the road through Bambouk , and arrived at Ferbanna on the Faleme . Here he met with an extraordinary degree of kindness from the king , who gave him a guide and money ...
... live in plenty on ten pounds a - year . Quitting the Gambia , he took the road through Bambouk , and arrived at Ferbanna on the Faleme . Here he met with an extraordinary degree of kindness from the king , who gave him a guide and money ...
Pàgina 156
... live partly on the milk of their camels , which pick up a scanty subsistence on the few verdant spots that rise amid the Desert , partly by carrying on a small trade between Mourzouk and Bornou , in which they are so busily employed ...
... live partly on the milk of their camels , which pick up a scanty subsistence on the few verdant spots that rise amid the Desert , partly by carrying on a small trade between Mourzouk and Bornou , in which they are so busily employed ...
Pàgina 185
... live in a country abounding in grain and cattle , and diversified with forests of lofty acacias and many beautiful shrubs . Its chief scourge consists in the millions of tormenting insects which fill the atmo- sphere , making it ...
... live in a country abounding in grain and cattle , and diversified with forests of lofty acacias and many beautiful shrubs . Its chief scourge consists in the millions of tormenting insects which fill the atmo- sphere , making it ...
Pàgina 186
... live in houses , and still more in cities ; while they themselves reside in tents of skin , in circular camps , which they move periodically from place to place . They enjoy simple plenty derived from the produce of their flocks and ...
... live in houses , and still more in cities ; while they themselves reside in tents of skin , in circular camps , which they move periodically from place to place . They enjoy simple plenty derived from the produce of their flocks and ...
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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