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 383
... nearly buried with sand , and they were obliged to roll themselves up in blankets nearly the whole time . They started again on the 30th , and on the evening of the 31st halted under some low brown sandstone hills . The journey from 1st ...
... nearly buried with sand , and they were obliged to roll themselves up in blankets nearly the whole time . They started again on the 30th , and on the evening of the 31st halted under some low brown sandstone hills . The journey from 1st ...
Pàgina 411
... nearly all those adventurous spirits who have set out to gather its fruits , nothing remains but their whitened bones . The zoology of Africa is even less known than its geo- graphy . Its coasts , at least throughout its circumference ...
... nearly all those adventurous spirits who have set out to gather its fruits , nothing remains but their whitened bones . The zoology of Africa is even less known than its geo- graphy . Its coasts , at least throughout its circumference ...
Pàgina 425
... nearly extirpated from most of our great cities by its larger and more powerful rival . Africa produces several species of murine animals , not hitherto recognised in any other region of the earth . A beautiful small species ...
... nearly extirpated from most of our great cities by its larger and more powerful rival . Africa produces several species of murine animals , not hitherto recognised in any other region of the earth . A beautiful small species ...
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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