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 pāgines |
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Pāgina 53
... extremely fine ; and , in return for these , arms , wine , and corn were the most acceptable com- modities . The voyage terminated at a promontory and port called Rhapta , —a fact which of itself would show the extent of ancient ...
... extremely fine ; and , in return for these , arms , wine , and corn were the most acceptable com- modities . The voyage terminated at a promontory and port called Rhapta , —a fact which of itself would show the extent of ancient ...
Pāgina 64
... extremely opulent , and two of them had obtained princesses in marriage . Literature was cultivated with ardour , and manuscripts bore a higher price than any other com- modity . Izchia , the king , who had subdued all the neighbouring ...
... extremely opulent , and two of them had obtained princesses in marriage . Literature was cultivated with ardour , and manuscripts bore a higher price than any other com- modity . Izchia , the king , who had subdued all the neighbouring ...
Pāgina 69
... extremely tragical : A quarrel having arisen between Bemoy and the commander , the latter stabbed the prince on board of his vessel . Whether this violent deed was prompted by the heat of passion , or by well- grounded suspicions of the ...
... extremely tragical : A quarrel having arisen between Bemoy and the commander , the latter stabbed the prince on board of his vessel . Whether this violent deed was prompted by the heat of passion , or by well- grounded suspicions of the ...
Pāgina 73
... extremely rare and valued commodity ; and the missionaries were not a little disconcerted to find that the very form by which the natives expressed baptism was " to eat salt . " Thus an immense body of the people were very speedily ...
... extremely rare and valued commodity ; and the missionaries were not a little disconcerted to find that the very form by which the natives expressed baptism was " to eat salt . " Thus an immense body of the people were very speedily ...
Pāgina 75
... extremely rude . Every where their career was nearly similar : the people gave them the most cor- dial reception , flocked in crowds to witness and to share in the pomp of their ceremonies , accepted with thankfulness their sacred gifts ...
... extremely rude . Every where their career was nearly similar : the people gave them the most cor- dial reception , flocked in crowds to witness and to share in the pomp of their ceremonies , accepted with thankfulness their sacred gifts ...
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Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa, from the Earliest Ages to ... Robert Jameson,James Wilson,Hugh Murray Visualitzaciķ completa - 1830 |
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