Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to the Present TimeOliver & Boyd, 1844 - 472 pàgines |
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Pàgina 14
... Villages near Tripoli ; in Spain and France - Tertiary Rocks of Benioleed - Soudan , or Black Mountains - Petrified Wood in the Desert - Horrid Conse- quences of the Slave - trade - Human Skeletons in the Desert -Natron and Salt Lakes ...
... Villages near Tripoli ; in Spain and France - Tertiary Rocks of Benioleed - Soudan , or Black Mountains - Petrified Wood in the Desert - Horrid Conse- quences of the Slave - trade - Human Skeletons in the Desert -Natron and Salt Lakes ...
Pàgina 72
... village on each side of the river . Speedily there appeared five hundred of a ruder race , covered with skins of wild ani- mals , “ the tails hanging as from the beasts . " The women , who had never before seen a white man , ran away ...
... village on each side of the river . Speedily there appeared five hundred of a ruder race , covered with skins of wild ani- mals , “ the tails hanging as from the beasts . " The women , who had never before seen a white man , ran away ...
Pàgina 85
... village called Buksar , the siré and his attendants again met them , brandishing their lances or assagays , as if in the act to strike . This being explained as meant for the greatest possible compliment , Brue , in return , cocked his ...
... village called Buksar , the siré and his attendants again met them , brandishing their lances or assagays , as if in the act to strike . This being explained as meant for the greatest possible compliment , Brue , in return , cocked his ...
Pàgina 89
... village to village . He contrived to visit the principal districts , and even to carry off a portion of the ghingan , or golden earth , which forms the pride and wealth of Bambouk . Brue then transmitted to France various projects , and ...
... village to village . He contrived to visit the principal districts , and even to carry off a portion of the ghingan , or golden earth , which forms the pride and wealth of Bambouk . Brue then transmitted to France various projects , and ...
Pàgina 94
... villages as most wretched assemblages of poor mud huts , full of dust , fleas , flies , and all the curses of Moses ; and the people much below the rank of any savages he ever saw , wearing only a blue shirt and drawers , and tattooed ...
... villages as most wretched assemblages of poor mud huts , full of dust , fleas , flies , and all the curses of Moses ; and the people much below the rank of any savages he ever saw , wearing only a blue shirt and drawers , and tattooed ...
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