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 383
... sandstone , called Mafrasben - Kasa- retta , where there are also beds and hills of limestone . The whole of the journey this day , 25th , was through hills of a ra- ther bold and picturesque character , of dark - coloured sandstone ...
... sandstone , called Mafrasben - Kasa- retta , where there are also beds and hills of limestone . The whole of the journey this day , 25th , was through hills of a ra- ther bold and picturesque character , of dark - coloured sandstone ...
Pàgina 396
... sandstone is a bed of compact dark - red argillaceous sandstone , passing , in many places , into slate of the same colour . This bed rests upon another of very coarse loosely combined sandstone resembling gravel . Under this is another ...
... sandstone is a bed of compact dark - red argillaceous sandstone , passing , in many places , into slate of the same colour . This bed rests upon another of very coarse loosely combined sandstone resembling gravel . Under this is another ...
Pàgina 397
... sandstone . The clay- slate and graywacke appear to alternate , and the sandstone rests upon the slate . The slate is distinctly stratified ; the strata on one side of the hill dip to the north , on the opposite to the south , and in ...
... sandstone . The clay- slate and graywacke appear to alternate , and the sandstone rests upon the slate . The slate is distinctly stratified ; the strata on one side of the hill dip to the north , on the opposite to the south , and in ...
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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