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 33
... race would not approach or hold parley with those adventurers , who , on drawing near to the shore , kindled a fire , uttered loud cries , and laid on the sand a certain quantity of goods . The natives hearing them , and seeing the ...
... race would not approach or hold parley with those adventurers , who , on drawing near to the shore , kindled a fire , uttered loud cries , and laid on the sand a certain quantity of goods . The natives hearing them , and seeing the ...
Pàgina 34
... race of Amazons there , still more warlike and formidable than those on the banks of the Thermodon . They did not , like these last , positively exterminate or expel the male sex from their confines ; but , reserving to them- selves the ...
... race of Amazons there , still more warlike and formidable than those on the banks of the Thermodon . They did not , like these last , positively exterminate or expel the male sex from their confines ; but , reserving to them- selves the ...
Pàgina 156
... race , now so widely spread over the continent . The Tibboos were on the left hand ; and it was through their villages that the caravan passed . These people live partly on the milk of their camels , which pick up a scanty subsistence ...
... race , now so widely spread over the continent . The Tibboos were on the left hand ; and it was through their villages that the caravan passed . These people live partly on the milk of their camels , which pick up a scanty subsistence ...
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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