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 14
... Villages near Tripoli ; in Spain and France - Tertiary Rocks of Benioleed - Soudan , or Black Mountains - Petrified Wood in the Desert - Horrid Consequences of the Slave - trade -Human Skeletons in the Desert - Natron and Salt Lakes ...
... Villages near Tripoli ; in Spain and France - Tertiary Rocks of Benioleed - Soudan , or Black Mountains - Petrified Wood in the Desert - Horrid Consequences of the Slave - trade -Human Skeletons in the Desert - Natron and Salt Lakes ...
Pàgina 85
... village on each side of the river . Speedily there appeared five hundred of a ruder race , covered with skins of wild animals , " the tails hanging as from the beasts . " The women , who had never be- fore seen a white man , ran away ; but.
... village on each side of the river . Speedily there appeared five hundred of a ruder race , covered with skins of wild animals , " the tails hanging as from the beasts . " The women , who had never be- fore seen a white man , ran away ; but.
Pàgina 99
... village called Buksar , the siré and his attendants again met them , brandish- ing their lances or assagays , as if in the act to strike . This being explained as meant for the greatest pos- sible compliment , Brue , in return , cocked ...
... village called Buksar , the siré and his attendants again met them , brandish- ing their lances or assagays , as if in the act to strike . This being explained as meant for the greatest pos- sible compliment , Brue , in return , cocked ...
Pàgina 104
... village to village . He contrived to visit the principal districts , and even to carry off a portion of the ghingan , or golden earth , which forms the pride and wealth of Bam- bouk . Brue then transmitted to France various projects ...
... village to village . He contrived to visit the principal districts , and even to carry off a portion of the ghingan , or golden earth , which forms the pride and wealth of Bam- bouk . Brue then transmitted to France various projects ...
Pàgina 110
... land miserably cultivated ; the villages as most wretched assemblages of poor mud huts , full of dust , fleas , flies , and all the curses of Moses ; and the people as LEDYARD - LUCAS . 111 below the rank of any 110 AFRICAN ASSOCIATION .
... land miserably cultivated ; the villages as most wretched assemblages of poor mud huts , full of dust , fleas , flies , and all the curses of Moses ; and the people as LEDYARD - LUCAS . 111 below the rank of any 110 AFRICAN ASSOCIATION .
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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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