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 149
... scarcely any thing of importance was transacted . The bashaw was therefore disposed to renew his protection to whatsoever mission Britain might send . Nor could the support of any sovereign have been more efficient ; for the influence ...
... scarcely any thing of importance was transacted . The bashaw was therefore disposed to renew his protection to whatsoever mission Britain might send . Nor could the support of any sovereign have been more efficient ; for the influence ...
Pàgina 416
... scarcely obtain a glimpse of them in their natural positions . After he had shot two or three the rest became alarmed , and endeavoured to shelter themselves behind the trunks and larger branches . Some descended to the ground ; but the ...
... scarcely obtain a glimpse of them in their natural positions . After he had shot two or three the rest became alarmed , and endeavoured to shelter themselves behind the trunks and larger branches . Some descended to the ground ; but the ...
Pàgina 461
... scarcely known . The following passage , in illustration of that curious branch , is from Lichten- stein's Travels : " In the slate - stone from which the spring rose were the impressions of an innumerable multitude of fishes . We ...
... scarcely known . The following passage , in illustration of that curious branch , is from Lichten- stein's Travels : " In the slate - stone from which the spring rose were the impressions of an innumerable multitude of fishes . We ...
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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