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 411
... human intelligence ; although a most ample source of interesting and legitimate speculation may be made to flow from an accurate and extended record of facts illustrative of their present distribution , the amount of genera and species ...
... human intelligence ; although a most ample source of interesting and legitimate speculation may be made to flow from an accurate and extended record of facts illustrative of their present distribution , the amount of genera and species ...
Pàgina 412
... human race , and hence its actions have to us much of the sem- blance of human wisdom . But a remarkable circumstance in the mental constitution of this tribe of animals disproves their fancied alliance to mankind : the young are gentle ...
... human race , and hence its actions have to us much of the sem- blance of human wisdom . But a remarkable circumstance in the mental constitution of this tribe of animals disproves their fancied alliance to mankind : the young are gentle ...
Pàgina 427
... human wisdom , in a manner otherwise unequalled among the brute creation . Many instances are on record of its retentive memory , its grateful and affectionate disposition , and its general intelli- gence as a discriminating , if not ...
... human wisdom , in a manner otherwise unequalled among the brute creation . Many instances are on record of its retentive memory , its grateful and affectionate disposition , and its general intelli- gence as a discriminating , if not ...
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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