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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... live partly on the milk of their camels , which pick up a scanty subsistence on the few verdant spots that rise amid the Desert , partly by carrying on a small trade between Mourzouk and Bornou , in which they are so busily employed ...
... live partly on the milk of their camels , which pick up a scanty subsistence on the few verdant spots that rise amid the Desert , partly by carrying on a small trade between Mourzouk and Bornou , in which they are so busily employed ...
Pàgina 333
... live entirely by hunting and a little fishing . They are at once daring and skilful in the chase ; and some of them have the art of frightening away lions from their prey after their hunger has been somewhat appeased , when they seize ...
... live entirely by hunting and a little fishing . They are at once daring and skilful in the chase ; and some of them have the art of frightening away lions from their prey after their hunger has been somewhat appeased , when they seize ...
Pàgina 440
... live so exclusively on insects , and occur only on the skirts of thick woods , are numerous in Senegal , but almost if not entirely unknown at the Cape . So also with the cuckoos , which live chiefly among trees Such as occur in ...
... live so exclusively on insects , and occur only on the skirts of thick woods , are numerous in Senegal , but almost if not entirely unknown at the Cape . So also with the cuckoos , which live chiefly among trees Such as occur in ...
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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