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
... Wild Dogs - Civets- Lion - Panther and Leopard - Lynxes - Squirrels - Marmots -Sand Mole - Gerboa - Rats and Mice - Dormice - Porcu- pines - Hares and Rabbits - Cape Ant - eater - Manis- Ele- phant - Rhinoceros - Ethiopian Hog ...
... Wild Dogs - Civets- Lion - Panther and Leopard - Lynxes - Squirrels - Marmots -Sand Mole - Gerboa - Rats and Mice - Dormice - Porcu- pines - Hares and Rabbits - Cape Ant - eater - Manis- Ele- phant - Rhinoceros - Ethiopian Hog ...
Pàgina 21
... wild and spontaneous beauty , embellish the precincts of the waste . Thus , when first approached , and before vegetable nature begins to expire , instead of assuming a stern character , it wears rather a pleasing and smiling aspect ...
... wild and spontaneous beauty , embellish the precincts of the waste . Thus , when first approached , and before vegetable nature begins to expire , instead of assuming a stern character , it wears rather a pleasing and smiling aspect ...
Pàgina 22
... wild tribes exist in large and formidable numbers , and there is 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 ...
... wild tribes exist in large and formidable numbers , and there is 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 ...
Pàgina 25
... and not very unfre- quently lead to its extinction . Even a swarm of wild bees , in the solitary woods of Western Africa , has put a whole caravan to flight , wounding severely some of NATURAL FEATURES OF AFRICA . 25.
... and not very unfre- quently lead to its extinction . Even a swarm of wild bees , in the solitary woods of Western Africa , has put a whole caravan to flight , wounding severely some of NATURAL FEATURES OF AFRICA . 25.
Pàgina 29
... wild and wandering tribes , who exhibited human nature under its rudest and most repulsive forms . On his ad- vancing somewhat farther , there appeared a barrier at once vast and appalling , endless plains of moving sand , without a ...
... wild and wandering tribes , who exhibited human nature under its rudest and most repulsive forms . On his ad- vancing somewhat farther , there appeared a barrier at once vast and appalling , endless plains of moving sand , without a ...
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