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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... arrived " at the mouth of the mine itself , and saw gold in such abundance as surprised him with joy and admiration . " However , he gives no notice of the position of this vein , the existence of which has not been con- firmed by any ...
... arrived " at the mouth of the mine itself , and saw gold in such abundance as surprised him with joy and admiration . " However , he gives no notice of the position of this vein , the existence of which has not been con- firmed by any ...
Pàgina 99
... arrived at Jillifree on the Gambia . He then proceeded to Pisania , in the fertile kingdom of Yani , where he was detained five months by illness under the hospitable roof of Dr Laidley . While suffering from the fever of the climate ...
... arrived at Jillifree on the Gambia . He then proceeded to Pisania , in the fertile kingdom of Yani , where he was detained five months by illness under the hospitable roof of Dr Laidley . While suffering from the fever of the climate ...
Pàgina 140
... arrived . His emotion was too great to allow him to read it but one of his companions found it to be from Mr Willshire , the English consul , expressed in the most sympathizing terms , and with an assurance that the ran- som would be ...
... arrived . His emotion was too great to allow him to read it but one of his companions found it to be from Mr Willshire , the English consul , expressed in the most sympathizing terms , and with an assurance that the ran- som would be ...
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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