Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time : with Illustrations of the Geology, Mineralogy, and ZoologyOliver & Boyd, Tweeddale-Court, 1832 - 503 pàgines |
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Pàgina 15
... BIRDS OF AFRICA . Introductory Observations -Vultures - Serpent - eater - Eagles- Hawks - Owls - Butcher Birds - Thrushes - Buntings - Colius- Beef - eaters - Rollers - Goatsuckers - Swallows - Hoopoes- Promerops - Creepers — Bee ...
... BIRDS OF AFRICA . Introductory Observations -Vultures - Serpent - eater - Eagles- Hawks - Owls - Butcher Birds - Thrushes - Buntings - Colius- Beef - eaters - Rollers - Goatsuckers - Swallows - Hoopoes- Promerops - Creepers — Bee ...
Pàgina 61
... bird , " nothing but sand and hills of sand . " In ten days he came to Abu Latin , a large commercial town , crowded with merchants from va- rious quarters of the continent . The manners of the people , as is indeed too common in the ...
... bird , " nothing but sand and hills of sand . " In ten days he came to Abu Latin , a large commercial town , crowded with merchants from va- rious quarters of the continent . The manners of the people , as is indeed too common in the ...
Pàgina 186
... bird or an insect , that did not belong to the caravan itself . After painful marches under the direct action of the solar rays , they were delighted by the stillness and beauty of the night : The moon and stars shone with peculiar ...
... bird or an insect , that did not belong to the caravan itself . After painful marches under the direct action of the solar rays , they were delighted by the stillness and beauty of the night : The moon and stars shone with peculiar ...
Pàgina 189
... precious for their horses , they are fed with camels ' milk , sweet or sour , which keeps them the whole year in the high- est health and condition . The chief , Mina Tahr , or the Black Bird , was presented by Boo Khalloom with.
... precious for their horses , they are fed with camels ' milk , sweet or sour , which keeps them the whole year in the high- est health and condition . The chief , Mina Tahr , or the Black Bird , was presented by Boo Khalloom with.
Pàgina 190
... Bird , was presented by Boo Khalloom with a coarse scarlet burnouse and a tawdry silk caftan these paltry dresses , being the finest that had ever invested the person of this chieftain , threw him into ecstasies of delight , which he ...
... Bird , was presented by Boo Khalloom with a coarse scarlet burnouse and a tawdry silk caftan these paltry dresses , being the finest that had ever invested the person of this chieftain , threw him into ecstasies of delight , which he ...
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Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa, from the Earliest Ages to ... Robert Jameson,James Wilson,Hugh Murray Visualització completa - 1830 |
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