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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... passed through several towns and villages , which , in the late war , had been systematically destroyed ; the large bentang - tree , under which the inhabitants used to meet , had been cut down , the wells were filled up , and every ...
... passed through several towns and villages , which , in the late war , had been systematically destroyed ; the large bentang - tree , under which the inhabitants used to meet , had been cut down , the wells were filled up , and every ...
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... passing this , the traveller must bid adieu to every appearance of vegetable production , and enter on a desert . From ... passed hills named Geisgal , of dark sandstone , and a table - shaped hill in the wady Dibla , of sandstone and ...
... passing this , the traveller must bid adieu to every appearance of vegetable production , and enter on a desert . From ... passed hills named Geisgal , of dark sandstone , and a table - shaped hill in the wady Dibla , of sandstone and ...
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... passing , in many places , into slate of the same colour . This bed rests upon another of very coarse loosely combined ... passed into steatite . The quartz is in small crystals , frequently having their angles rounded . This bed is ...
... passing , in many places , into slate of the same colour . This bed rests upon another of very coarse loosely combined ... passed into steatite . The quartz is in small crystals , frequently having their angles rounded . This bed is ...
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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