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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... Observations - Orang - outang - Monkeys - Baboons- Lemurs - Galagos - Bats - Shrew Mice - Cape Mole — Tenrec— Ratel - Otter - Jackals and Wild Dogs - Civets - Lion - Panther CONTENTS . 15 and Leopard - Lynxes - Squirrels - 7 14 CONTENTS .
... Observations - Orang - outang - Monkeys - Baboons- Lemurs - Galagos - Bats - Shrew Mice - Cape Mole — Tenrec— Ratel - Otter - Jackals and Wild Dogs - Civets - Lion - Panther CONTENTS . 15 and Leopard - Lynxes - Squirrels - 7 14 CONTENTS .
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... wild and spontaneous beauty , embellish the precincts of the waste . Thus the Desert , in its first approaches , and before vegetable life begins to ANIMAL WORLD THE LION . 23 expire , does not 22 NATURAL FEATURES OF AFRICA .
... wild and spontaneous beauty , embellish the precincts of the waste . Thus the Desert , in its first approaches , and before vegetable life begins to ANIMAL WORLD THE LION . 23 expire , does not 22 NATURAL FEATURES OF AFRICA .
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... wild tribes exist in large and formidable numbers , and there is scarce- ly a tract which they do not either hold in full pos- session , or fiercely dispute with man . Even the most densely - peopled countries border on wide forests and ...
... wild tribes exist in large and formidable numbers , and there is scarce- ly a tract which they do not either hold in full pos- session , or fiercely dispute with man . Even the most densely - peopled countries border on wide forests and ...
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... wild beasts , or even the more de- solating career of human warfare . In vain do the despairing inhabitants seek with fire and other means to arrest their progress ; the dense and irresistible mass continues to move onward , and soon ...
... wild beasts , or even the more de- solating career of human warfare . In vain do the despairing inhabitants seek with fire and other means to arrest their progress ; the dense and irresistible mass continues to move onward , and soon ...
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... wild and wan- dering tribes , who exhibited human nature under its rudest and most repulsive forms . On his ad- vancing somewhat farther still , there appeared a barrier vast and awful , -endless plains of moving sand , without a shrub ...
... wild and wan- dering tribes , who exhibited human nature under its rudest and most repulsive forms . On his ad- vancing somewhat farther still , there appeared a barrier vast and awful , -endless plains of moving sand , without a shrub ...
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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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