Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to the Present TimeOliver & Boyd, 1844 - 472 pàgines |
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... river on the part of Messrs Laird and Oldfield , which , besides leading to the proposed establishment of British settle- ments on its banks , has greatly extended our knowledge of Interior Africa in general . Our colonial possessions ...
... river on the part of Messrs Laird and Oldfield , which , besides leading to the proposed establishment of British settle- ments on its banks , has greatly extended our knowledge of Interior Africa in general . Our colonial possessions ...
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... River -- Mr Laird proceeds to Funda - Adventures there , and Departure - Description of that City - Mr Oldfield ascends the Tchadda - Visits Rabba - Its Description - De- scends the River - Death of Lander - Return to England- Mr ...
... River -- Mr Laird proceeds to Funda - Adventures there , and Departure - Description of that City - Mr Oldfield ascends the Tchadda - Visits Rabba - Its Description - De- scends the River - Death of Lander - Return to England- Mr ...
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... rivers of this continent , and through the immense forests which overshadow them , a race of amphibious animals of ... river - horse , fitted alike to stalk on land , to march along the bottom of the waters , or to swim on their ...
... rivers of this continent , and through the immense forests which overshadow them , a race of amphibious animals of ... river - horse , fitted alike to stalk on land , to march along the bottom of the waters , or to swim on their ...
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... river with a Roman army , was destroyed only by the use of a battering engine . Emerging from these dank regions , where the earth , under the united influence of heat and moisture , teems with such a noxious superabundance of life , we ...
... river with a Roman army , was destroyed only by the use of a battering engine . Emerging from these dank regions , where the earth , under the united influence of heat and moisture , teems with such a noxious superabundance of life , we ...
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... river . After proceeding a few journeys into the interior , the traveller found himself among wild and wandering tribes , who exhibited human nature under its rudest and most repulsive forms . On his ad- vancing somewhat farther , there ...
... river . After proceeding a few journeys into the interior , the traveller found himself among wild and wandering tribes , who exhibited human nature under its rudest and most repulsive forms . On his ad- vancing somewhat farther , there ...
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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