Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time: with Illustrations of the Geology, Mineralogy and Zoology, Volum 1844Oliver & Boyd, 1899 - 472 pàgines |
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... According to the historian this veneration was carried to so singular a pitch , that if the king lost a leg or an arm , each of his courtiers pre- sently severed from himself the same member . The priests , however , whose influence in ...
... According to the historian this veneration was carried to so singular a pitch , that if the king lost a leg or an arm , each of his courtiers pre- sently severed from himself the same member . The priests , however , whose influence in ...
Pàgina 47
... according to Gosselin , was Magadoxo ; according to Vossius and Vincent it was at or near Quiloa , a place more than double the distance of the first from Cape Guar- dafui . On this point Dr Vincent seems clearly in the right . All the ...
... according to Gosselin , was Magadoxo ; according to Vossius and Vincent it was at or near Quiloa , a place more than double the distance of the first from Cape Guar- dafui . On this point Dr Vincent seems clearly in the right . All the ...
Pàgina 82
... according to the spirit of the time , the only mode in which he ever thought of promoting any branch of trade was by vesting it in an exclusive company ; and when , according to the usual fate of such associations , one was involved in ...
... according to the spirit of the time , the only mode in which he ever thought of promoting any branch of trade was by vesting it in an exclusive company ; and when , according to the usual fate of such associations , one was involved in ...
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afterwards amid ancient animals appeared Arabs arrived attack Badagry banks beautiful Benin birds Boo Khalloom Bornou Boussa Caffres called camels canoe Cape Captain caravan cattle chief chiefly Clapperton coast colony colour continent covered Desert Devil's Peak district earth Europe European expedition extending extremely Eyeo farther feet Fellatas female Fezzan Gambia genus gneiss gold granite ground head Herodotus hills Hope horse immense inhabitants interior island journey king kingdom lake Lake Tchad land Lander length Major Denham miles Morocco mountains natives nearly negro Niger Nubia observed occur ocean Park party passed peculiar plain present prince principal proceeded quadrupeds race reached received regions river rocks Rüppell salt sand sandstone scarcely seen Senegal sent sheik shores Sierra Leone slaves soon Southern Africa species stream sultan Timbuctoo tion town traveller trees tribes Tripoli trona Tuaricks vessel village visited voyage Wawa whole wild