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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... brought in by mistake as fuel . When the caravan halted for the night , each individual dug a hole in the sand , gathered a few sticks , and prepared his victuals after the African fashion of kouskous , soups , or puddings . Horneman ...
... brought in by mistake as fuel . When the caravan halted for the night , each individual dug a hole in the sand , gathered a few sticks , and prepared his victuals after the African fashion of kouskous , soups , or puddings . Horneman ...
Pàgina 302
... brought to Europe the first precise account of that wonderful and destructive insect , the termes or white ant . Le Vaillant , more fortunate , conveyed to France the skin of the giraffe , as well as that of a full - grown hippopotamus ...
... brought to Europe the first precise account of that wonderful and destructive insect , the termes or white ant . Le Vaillant , more fortunate , conveyed to France the skin of the giraffe , as well as that of a full - grown hippopotamus ...
Pàgina 390
... brought to Morocco , Fez , Algiers , Cairo , and Alexandria . The gold , as is often the case , is accompanied with grains of iron ore , proba- bly the magnetic or black iron ore . Gold mines occur to the south of Timbuctoo . The people ...
... brought to Morocco , Fez , Algiers , Cairo , and Alexandria . The gold , as is often the case , is accompanied with grains of iron ore , proba- bly the magnetic or black iron ore . Gold mines occur to the south of Timbuctoo . The people ...
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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