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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... reached Pisania , where he was received as one risen from the dead ; for all the traders from the interior had believed and re- ported , that , like Major Houghton , he was murdered by the Moors of Ludamar . Karfa , his benefactor ...
... reached Pisania , where he was received as one risen from the dead ; for all the traders from the interior had believed and re- ported , that , like Major Houghton , he was murdered by the Moors of Ludamar . Karfa , his benefactor ...
Pàgina 136
... reached Taudeny in thirteen days ; after which they were obliged to march twenty - nine days over a desert , where there was neither plant nor shrub , -not so much as a blade of grass , nor a drop of water . Finding a spring dry , the ...
... reached Taudeny in thirteen days ; after which they were obliged to march twenty - nine days over a desert , where there was neither plant nor shrub , -not so much as a blade of grass , nor a drop of water . Finding a spring dry , the ...
Pàgina 231
... reached , and where his career was brought to a fatal termination . Again , the unhappy issue of Clapperton's last attempt chilled for a time the zeal for African discovery ; but that high spirit of adventure which animates Britons was ...
... reached , and where his career was brought to a fatal termination . Again , the unhappy issue of Clapperton's last attempt chilled for a time the zeal for African discovery ; but that high spirit of adventure which animates Britons was ...
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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