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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... object of this volume is to exhibit , within a mode- rate compass , whatever is most interesting in the adven- tures and observations of those travellers who , from the earliest ages , and in various directions , have sought to explore ...
... object of this volume is to exhibit , within a mode- rate compass , whatever is most interesting in the adven- tures and observations of those travellers who , from the earliest ages , and in various directions , have sought to explore ...
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... objects , are em- ployed and fully relied on . But grossly absurd as are the observances of the negro , he is a ... object of boundless homage on earth , seeks to transport all his pomp and the crowd of his attendants to his place ...
... objects , are em- ployed and fully relied on . But grossly absurd as are the observances of the negro , he is a ... object of boundless homage on earth , seeks to transport all his pomp and the crowd of his attendants to his place ...
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... object on a hill not far off on the left hand , which seemed to move . The head of something appeared almost ... objects of our ardent wishes would be directed , Vischer , as the most experienced hunter , separated himself from us , and ...
... object on a hill not far off on the left hand , which seemed to move . The head of something appeared almost ... objects of our ardent wishes would be directed , Vischer , as the most experienced hunter , separated himself from us , 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