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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... feet high . On the 6th , they halted at Tiggema , which is one of the highest points of the sandstone range , about 400 feet high , and hangs over the mud houses of the town . Its sides are nearly perpendicular , and it is detached from ...
... feet high . On the 6th , they halted at Tiggema , which is one of the highest points of the sandstone range , about 400 feet high , and hangs over the mud houses of the town . Its sides are nearly perpendicular , and it is detached from ...
Pàgina 388
... feet . They retired from us with a wind at south - east , leaving an impression on my mind to which I can give no ... feet in circumference , and about 250 feet in height . Its heat was sensibly felt at the distance of 100 feet , and it ...
... feet . They retired from us with a wind at south - east , leaving an impression on my mind to which I can give no ... feet in circumference , and about 250 feet in height . Its heat was sensibly felt at the distance of 100 feet , and it ...
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... feet appear to have only four toes , owing to the thumb or inner one being very small . Its fur , though not ... feet in length , exclusive of the tail , which is nearly two feet long . Its habits are nocturnal and subterraneous , and ...
... feet appear to have only four toes , owing to the thumb or inner one being very small . Its fur , though not ... feet in length , exclusive of the tail , which is nearly two feet long . Its habits are nocturnal and subterraneous , and ...
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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