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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... character of the people who occupy a great portion of the Libyan continent . In a word , while exploring these remote regions , they braved almost every species of danger , and passed through every variety of suffering , by which the ...
... character of the people who occupy a great portion of the Libyan continent . In a word , while exploring these remote regions , they braved almost every species of danger , and passed through every variety of suffering , by which the ...
Pàgina 128
... character you describe , he is the very person whom we are in search of . " On receiving this encouragement , the youth immediately applied his mind to the study of natural history and the Arabic language , and otherwise sought to fit ...
... character you describe , he is the very person whom we are in search of . " On receiving this encouragement , the youth immediately applied his mind to the study of natural history and the Arabic language , and otherwise sought to fit ...
Pàgina 464
... character- istic of Northern Africa . Spain , especially , exhibits many features of Mauritanian zoology . The entomologist there finds , for the first time , several species of the following genera : - Erodius , Sepidium , Zygia ...
... character- istic of Northern Africa . Spain , especially , exhibits many features of Mauritanian zoology . The entomologist there finds , for the first time , several species of the following genera : - Erodius , Sepidium , Zygia ...
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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