Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to the Present TimeOliver & Boyd, 1844 - 472 pàgines |
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... seen occasionally straying over a great por- tion of that continent . Nature , sporting , as it would seem , in the production of extraordinary objects , has filled Africa with a won- derful multitude of those animals which bear the ...
... seen occasionally straying over a great por- tion of that continent . Nature , sporting , as it would seem , in the production of extraordinary objects , has filled Africa with a won- derful multitude of those animals which bear the ...
Pàgina 71
... seen together in the stream , and , their voices , calling as it were to each other , resembled the " sound of a deep well , " and might be heard at the distance of a league . Sea - horses also were observed tossing and snorting in ...
... seen together in the stream , and , their voices , calling as it were to each other , resembled the " sound of a deep well , " and might be heard at the distance of a league . Sea - horses also were observed tossing and snorting in ...
Pàgina 72
... seen a white man , ran away ; but the sight of a few beads soon allured them to return . Unluckily the universal cry was for salt , - a commodity deficient and much desired through all Central Africa ; but Jobson , unapprized of this ...
... seen a white man , ran away ; but the sight of a few beads soon allured them to return . Unluckily the universal cry was for salt , - a commodity deficient and much desired through all Central Africa ; but Jobson , unapprized of this ...
Pàgina 80
... seen in bands crossing from one side of the water to the other . The river - horses also presented themselves in numerous herds ; and though this quadruped generally moved in a sluggish and harmless manner , yet in the shallow places ...
... seen in bands crossing from one side of the water to the other . The river - horses also presented themselves in numerous herds ; and though this quadruped generally moved in a sluggish and harmless manner , yet in the shallow places ...
Pàgina 81
... seen with his own eyes ; and a degree of discouragement was felt , which prevented any other exploratory voyage from being undertaken for a considerable time into that part of the African continent . E CHAPTER VI . French Discoveries ...
... seen with his own eyes ; and a degree of discouragement was felt , which prevented any other exploratory voyage from being undertaken for a considerable time into that part of the African continent . E CHAPTER VI . French Discoveries ...
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