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 22
... soon becomes impassable . As we approach the confines of the Desert , these giants of the wood disappear , and vegetation pre- sents a different and more pleasing aspect . It exhi- bits now the light and gay form of the acacia , whole ...
... soon becomes impassable . As we approach the confines of the Desert , these giants of the wood disappear , and vegetation pre- sents a different and more pleasing aspect . It exhi- bits now the light and gay form of the acacia , whole ...
Pàgina 27
... soon baffles every attempt to check its course . Whole pro- vinces which , at their entrance , display rich harvests and brilliant verdure , are left without an ear or a blade . Even when destroyed by famine or tem- pest they cover ...
... soon baffles every attempt to check its course . Whole pro- vinces which , at their entrance , display rich harvests and brilliant verdure , are left without an ear or a blade . Even when destroyed by famine or tem- pest they cover ...
Pàgina 37
... soon as the wife had gone through the necessary trouble of bearing a child , she handed it to the husband to be nursed , and immediately resumed her own high and arduous occupations . These gallant viragoes , it is said , not only ...
... soon as the wife had gone through the necessary trouble of bearing a child , she handed it to the husband to be nursed , and immediately resumed her own high and arduous occupations . These gallant viragoes , it is said , not only ...
Pàgina 39
... soon ele- vated it to its former rank as the greatest city of Africa . Another territory , of which the ancients had con- siderable knowledge , was that extending upwards along the Nile , whose immediate borders have al- ways been not ...
... soon ele- vated it to its former rank as the greatest city of Africa . Another territory , of which the ancients had con- siderable knowledge , was that extending upwards along the Nile , whose immediate borders have al- ways been not ...
Pàgina 48
... soon as the sun set fires blazed on the shore , and the shouts of men were mingled with the varied sounds of cymbals , trumpets , and other musical instruments . This scene , being new to the Carthaginians , struck them with a sort of ...
... soon as the sun set fires blazed on the shore , and the shouts of men were mingled with the varied sounds of cymbals , trumpets , and other musical instruments . This scene , being new to the Carthaginians , struck them with a sort of ...
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