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 12
... River - Kacunda - Dreadful Alarm at Bocqua - Reconcilia- tion - Damuggoo - Good Reception - Kirree - They are attacked and plundered — Obtain some Redress - Conveyed to Eboe - Ne- gotiation for Ransom - King Boy - Voyage to Brass Town ...
... River - Kacunda - Dreadful Alarm at Bocqua - Reconcilia- tion - Damuggoo - Good Reception - Kirree - They are attacked and plundered — Obtain some Redress - Conveyed to Eboe - Ne- gotiation for Ransom - King Boy - Voyage to Brass Town ...
Pàgina 16
... River Yeou , .201 Bornou Horseman , Kanemboo Spearman , and Munga Bowman , 218 Timbuctoo , according to Caillié , .. .272 Ashantee Warrior and Attendant , .... .332 Queen of Lattakoo , Lattakoo Warrior , and two Bosjesman Hot- tentots ...
... River Yeou , .201 Bornou Horseman , Kanemboo Spearman , and Munga Bowman , 218 Timbuctoo , according to Caillié , .. .272 Ashantee Warrior and Attendant , .... .332 Queen of Lattakoo , Lattakoo Warrior , and two Bosjesman Hot- tentots ...
Pàgina 19
... river - inundations , is scorched and dried up , till it is converted into a dreary waste . Hence it is , that in Africa plains of sand form a feature so truly alarming . The Great Desert , with the exception of the narrow valley of the ...
... river - inundations , is scorched and dried up , till it is converted into a dreary waste . Hence it is , that in Africa plains of sand form a feature so truly alarming . The Great Desert , with the exception of the narrow valley of the ...
Pàgina 20
... rivers , which , swollen by the rains , overflow their banks and lay the surrounding coun- try under water , or at ... rivers of great size and most fertilizing influence . At- las , along its northern border , presents , even in so hot ...
... rivers , which , swollen by the rains , overflow their banks and lay the surrounding coun- try under water , or at ... rivers of great size and most fertilizing influence . At- las , along its northern border , presents , even in so hot ...
Pàgina 25
... river - horse , fitted alike to stalk on land , to march along the bottom of the waters , or to swim on their surface . He is slow , ponderous , gentle ; yet when annoyed , either by design or accident , his wrath is terrible ; he ...
... river - horse , fitted alike to stalk on land , to march along the bottom of the waters , or to swim on their surface . He is slow , ponderous , gentle ; yet when annoyed , either by design or accident , his wrath is terrible ; 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 |
Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa, from the Earliest Ages to ... Robert Jameson,James Wilson,Hugh Murray Visualització completa - 1846 |
Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to ... Robert Jameson,James Wilson,Hugh Murray Visualització completa - 1836 |
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