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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... Sand of the Desert rest ? -Description of a Trona or Natron Lake - Ful- gurite and Native Meteoric Iron in the Desert - Observations on the Sand of the Desert - Moving Pillars of Sand - Sand- wind - How the prevailing Winds affect the Sand ...
... Sand of the Desert rest ? -Description of a Trona or Natron Lake - Ful- gurite and Native Meteoric Iron in the Desert - Observations on the Sand of the Desert - Moving Pillars of Sand - Sand- wind - How the prevailing Winds affect the Sand ...
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... sand , in which the camels sunk nearly knee - deep . In passing the desert wilds , where hills dis- appear in a single night by the drifting of the sand , and where all traces of the passage even of a large kafila sometimes vanish in a ...
... sand , in which the camels sunk nearly knee - deep . In passing the desert wilds , where hills dis- appear in a single night by the drifting of the sand , and where all traces of the passage even of a large kafila sometimes vanish in a ...
Pàgina 388
... Sand - wind . - The overpowering effects of a sudden sand - wind , when nearly at the border of the Desert , often destroys a whole kafila , already weakened by fatigue . Indeed , " says Denham , " the sand - storm we had the misfortune ...
... Sand - wind . - The overpowering effects of a sudden sand - wind , when nearly at the border of the Desert , often destroys a whole kafila , already weakened by fatigue . Indeed , " says Denham , " the sand - storm we had the misfortune ...
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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