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
... equa- torial regions . The baobab , or great calabash , ap- pears to be the most enormous tree on the face of the earth . Adanson assures us , that the circumfe- rence is sometimes equal to thirteen fathoms , as mea-
... equa- torial regions . The baobab , or great calabash , ap- pears to be the most enormous tree on the face of the earth . Adanson assures us , that the circumfe- rence is sometimes equal to thirteen fathoms , as mea-
Pàgina 22
... 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 form a thick and impenetrable mass of underwood ...
... 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 form a thick and impenetrable mass of underwood ...
Pàgina 33
... tree nor a drop of water ; total silence and desolation reigned . Such is the general picture Herodotus draws of this northern boundary of the great African desert , which must be acknowledged to be at once accurate and just . In the ...
... tree nor a drop of water ; total silence and desolation reigned . Such is the general picture Herodotus draws of this northern boundary of the great African desert , which must be acknowledged to be at once accurate and just . In the ...
Pàgina 34
... trees . To this people are ascribed various singular customs , among which was their mode of foreseeing the future by lying down to sleep on the tombs of their ancestors , watching the dreams which arose in this position , and ...
... trees . To this people are ascribed various singular customs , among which was their mode of foreseeing the future by lying down to sleep on the tombs of their ancestors , watching the dreams which arose in this position , and ...
Pàgina 42
... trees . Many sought shelter also in places which had no regu- lar claim to be considered as human habitations . These were either cavities dug out of the rock , with an opening to the north for coolness ; or they were formed by twisting ...
... trees . Many sought shelter also in places which had no regu- lar claim to be considered as human habitations . These were either cavities dug out of the rock , with an opening to the north for coolness ; or they were formed by twisting ...
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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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