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 21
... stream- let . It depends entirely on the periodical rains ; and these sink into the sandy and porous surface , till , being arrested at the depth of eight or ten feet , they form that " " sea under ground " which has been traced over a ...
... stream- let . It depends entirely on the periodical rains ; and these sink into the sandy and porous surface , till , being arrested at the depth of eight or ten feet , they form that " " sea under ground " which has been traced over a ...
Pàgina 22
... stream a species of natural arcade . These mighty trees do not stand alone , but have their interstices filled up by numberless shrubs , canes , creeping and parasitical plants , which inter- sect and entwine with each other till they ...
... stream a species of natural arcade . These mighty trees do not stand alone , but have their interstices filled up by numberless shrubs , canes , creeping and parasitical plants , which inter- sect and entwine with each other till they ...
Pàgina 45
... discoveries of Denham and Clapper- ton , it has appeared more probable that the stream was the Yeou or river of Bornou . The distance from Cyrene thither is not so great ; and nowhere but in the Tchad can we find those mighty lakes.
... discoveries of Denham and Clapper- ton , it has appeared more probable that the stream was the Yeou or river of Bornou . The distance from Cyrene thither is not so great ; and nowhere but in the Tchad can we find those mighty lakes.
Pàgina 71
... stream itself has often , by Portuguese writers , been termed the " Ri- ver of the Pillar . " He ascended its borders , opened an intercourse with the natives , and inquired after the residence of their sovereign . They pointed to a ...
... stream itself has often , by Portuguese writers , been termed the " Ri- ver of the Pillar . " He ascended its borders , opened an intercourse with the natives , and inquired after the residence of their sovereign . They pointed to a ...
Pàgina 76
... stream from his back and shoulders , when he finally yielded , and renounced all pretensions to a divine origin . Farther acquaintance discovered other irregulari- ties among the natives , against which a painful struggle was to be ...
... stream from his back and shoulders , when he finally yielded , and renounced all pretensions to a divine origin . Farther acquaintance discovered other irregulari- ties among the natives , against which a painful struggle was to be ...
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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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