Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to the Present TimeOliver & Boyd, 1844 - 472 pàgines |
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Pàgina 20
... scarcely irrigated even by a streamlet . It depends 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 ...
... scarcely irrigated even by a streamlet . It depends 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 ...
Pàgina 22
... scarcely a tract which they do not either hold in full possession , or fiercely dispute with man . Even the most densely - peopled countries border on wide forests and wastes , whose ruthless tenants find their prey occasion- ally in ...
... scarcely a tract which they do not either hold in full possession , or fiercely dispute with man . Even the most densely - peopled countries border on wide forests and wastes , whose ruthless tenants find their prey occasion- ally in ...
Pàgina 31
... scarcely dis- puted with them by the human race . Farther to the south the soil no longer afforded food even to these fierce tenants ; there was not the trunk of a tree nor a drop of water ; total silence and desolation reigned . Such ...
... scarcely dis- puted with them by the human race . Farther to the south the soil no longer afforded food even to these fierce tenants ; there was not the trunk of a tree nor a drop of water ; total silence and desolation reigned . Such ...
Pàgina 37
... scarcely African ; but upon this subject we must follow modern ideas . Ptolemy Euergetes seems to have conquered part of Abyssinia , forming it into a kingdom , of which Axum was the capital ; and fine remains of Grecian architecture ...
... scarcely African ; but upon this subject we must follow modern ideas . Ptolemy Euergetes seems to have conquered part of Abyssinia , forming it into a kingdom , of which Axum was the capital ; and fine remains of Grecian architecture ...
Pàgina 38
... scarcely in any instance be passed with impu- nity . Yet the principle of curiosity , which cannot be extinguished in the human breast , is even rendered more ardent by the greatest obstacles . To lift up a portion of that veil , within ...
... scarcely in any instance be passed with impu- nity . Yet the principle of curiosity , which cannot be extinguished in the human breast , is even rendered more ardent by the greatest obstacles . To lift up a portion of that veil , within ...
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