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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Pàgina 140
... banks of the Gozen Zaire , which running eastward through Soudan , falls into the Niger . He followed its current till he reached the capital just named , which , like Adams , he described as being entirely possessed and ruled by ...
... banks of the Gozen Zaire , which running eastward through Soudan , falls into the Niger . He followed its current till he reached the capital just named , which , like Adams , he described as being entirely possessed and ruled by ...
Pàgina 251
... banks . They were described as communities of ferocious outlaws , acknowledging no human authority ; so that the traders of Egga never ventured to descend the stream unless in parties of ten or twelve canoes , and even then they found ...
... banks . They were described as communities of ferocious outlaws , acknowledging no human authority ; so that the traders of Egga never ventured to descend the stream unless in parties of ten or twelve canoes , and even then they found ...
Pàgina 270
... banks , which rose gradually to a considerable height , and were studded with clumps of trees and brushwood , giving them the appear- ance of a gentleman's park ; while the smoke rising from different towns on its banks , and the number ...
... banks , which rose gradually to a considerable height , and were studded with clumps of trees and brushwood , giving them the appear- ance of a gentleman's park ; while the smoke rising from different towns on its banks , and the number ...
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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