Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to the Present TimeOliver & Boyd, 1844 - 472 pàgines |
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... Plains , and Valleys or Kloofs - Description of the Karroo Plains - Geog- nosy of the Peninsula of the Cape of Good Hope - The Lion's Rump - Lion's Head - Table Mountain - Devil's Peak - To what Class of Rocks do those of the Cape ...
... Plains , and Valleys or Kloofs - Description of the Karroo Plains - Geog- nosy of the Peninsula of the Cape of Good Hope - The Lion's Rump - Lion's Head - Table Mountain - Devil's Peak - To what Class of Rocks do those of the Cape ...
Pàgina 18
... plains of sand form a feature truly alarming . The Great Desert , with the exception of the narrow valley of the Nile , reaches across the entire continent , exhibit- ing an expanse of burning surface , where for many days the pilgrim ...
... plains of sand form a feature truly alarming . The Great Desert , with the exception of the narrow valley of the Nile , reaches across the entire continent , exhibit- ing an expanse of burning surface , where for many days the pilgrim ...
Pàgina 20
... plains of Hindostan and China owe their amazing fruitfulness . Africa , too , has elevated mountain - chains , which give rise to several rivers of great magnitude and most fertilizing influence . Atlas , along its northern border ...
... plains of Hindostan and China owe their amazing fruitfulness . Africa , too , has elevated mountain - chains , which give rise to several rivers of great magnitude and most fertilizing influence . Atlas , along its northern border ...
Pàgina 22
... plains inundated by the great rivers it multiplies with extraordinary power , and often assumes huge and repulsive forms . Throughout all this continent the wild tribes exist in large and formidable numbers , and there is scarcely a ...
... plains inundated by the great rivers it multiplies with extraordinary power , and often assumes huge and repulsive forms . Throughout all this continent the wild tribes exist in large and formidable numbers , and there is scarcely a ...
Pàgina 26
... plains with their conical huts from ten to twelve feet in height , and are regularly distributed into labourers and soldiers , with others holding the rank of king and queen . This latter personage , when about to add to the numbers of ...
... plains with their conical huts from ten to twelve feet in height , and are regularly distributed into labourers and soldiers , with others holding the rank of king and queen . This latter personage , when about to add to the numbers of ...
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