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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... length been disclosed , having been accompanied with arduous labours , and achieved in the face of the most for- midable obstacles , presents a succession of striking incidents , as well as of new and remarkable ob- jects : And our ...
... length been disclosed , having been accompanied with arduous labours , and achieved in the face of the most for- midable obstacles , presents a succession of striking incidents , as well as of new and remarkable ob- jects : And our ...
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... length . The opportunity has also been taken to bring down to the present date the accounts of the British settle- ments at Sierra Leone , the Gold Coast , and the Cape of Good Hope ; and from recent materials a full description has ...
... length . The opportunity has also been taken to bring down to the present date the accounts of the British settle- ments at Sierra Leone , the Gold Coast , and the Cape of Good Hope ; and from recent materials a full description has ...
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... length , cover a much greater surface , and thus create fertility in the more limited plains which intervene between the mountains and the ocean . But the largest of the African rivers , directing their course through a vast extent of ...
... length , cover a much greater surface , and thus create fertility in the more limited plains which intervene between the mountains and the ocean . But the largest of the African rivers , directing their course through a vast extent of ...
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... present chapter we allude only to a few of the more conspicuous and peculiar characteristics of African zoology . The subject is treated at greater length in a subsequent part of this volume . the man who can undauntedly face him , or ...
... present chapter we allude only to a few of the more conspicuous and peculiar characteristics of African zoology . The subject is treated at greater length in a subsequent part of this volume . the man who can undauntedly face him , or ...
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... length , it dis- plays in every particular a deformed resemblance to the lord of the creation . It seems even to make a nearer approach than any other animal to the exer- cise of reason . It has been taught to make its own bed , to sit ...
... length , it dis- plays in every particular a deformed resemblance to the lord of the creation . It seems even to make a nearer approach than any other animal to the exer- cise of reason . It has been taught to make its own bed , to sit ...
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