Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to the Present TimeOliver & Boyd, 1844 - 472 pàgines |
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... means have been afforded of describing it with tolerable accuracy . Mr Wilson also has found materials for con- siderably improving his view of African Zoology . On these accounts , it is hoped the Work will continue to merit the ...
... means have been afforded of describing it with tolerable accuracy . Mr Wilson also has found materials for con- siderably improving his view of African Zoology . On these accounts , it is hoped the Work will continue to merit the ...
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... means of adding materially to its value . The discovery by the Messrs Lander of the termination of the Niger , which has fulfilled the main object of so many expeditions , and given an entirely new character to the geography of Africa ...
... means of adding materially to its value . The discovery by the Messrs Lander of the termination of the Niger , which has fulfilled the main object of so many expeditions , and given an entirely new character to the geography of Africa ...
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... means of artificial inundation , are the principal source of that luxuriant fertility , that rapid growth of all vegetable substances , which characterize , in a peculiar manner , every tropical climate . It is to the streams , which ...
... means of artificial inundation , are the principal source of that luxuriant fertility , that rapid growth of all vegetable substances , which characterize , in a peculiar manner , every tropical climate . It is to the streams , which ...
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... means by which his capture is effected . Instead of the tiger , Africa has the leopard and the panther , belonging , however , only to certain of its districts . In the large and broad rivers of this continent , and through the immense ...
... means by which his capture is effected . Instead of the tiger , Africa has the leopard and the panther , belonging , however , only to certain of its districts . In the large and broad rivers of this continent , and through the immense ...
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... means to arrest their progress ; the dense and irresistible mass continues to move onward , and soon baffles every attempt to check its course . Whole provinces which , at their entrance , display rich harvests or brilliant verdure ...
... means to arrest their progress ; the dense and irresistible mass continues to move onward , and soon baffles every attempt to check its course . Whole provinces which , at their entrance , display rich harvests or brilliant verdure ...
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