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 391
... miles into the interior , by way of experiment , and did not fail to look around me and notice the rocks and other natural productions . I have only time to say , that the valley of Accra is about twelve miles in breadth , and fifty miles ...
... miles into the interior , by way of experiment , and did not fail to look around me and notice the rocks and other natural productions . I have only time to say , that the valley of Accra is about twelve miles in breadth , and fifty miles ...
Pàgina 392
... miles , consists of sand hills , without a tree or drop of water , having in this great space only three bays , which are completely exposed to the north - west wind , viz . the Great Fish Bay , Walvisch Bay , and Angra Pequina . The ...
... miles , consists of sand hills , without a tree or drop of water , having in this great space only three bays , which are completely exposed to the north - west wind , viz . the Great Fish Bay , Walvisch Bay , and Angra Pequina . The ...
Pàgina 468
... miles in length , forty or fifty miles in breadth , and to depths sometimes unfathomable ; yet they are the work of the most minute animals in the creation . * We find , too , whole beds of rocks , even entire hills , of very old forma ...
... miles in length , forty or fifty miles in breadth , and to depths sometimes unfathomable ; yet they are the work of the most minute animals in the creation . * We find , too , whole beds of rocks , even entire hills , of very old forma ...
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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