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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... seems to be Denham's Loggun , much celebrated by him for its ingenious labours and fine manufactures , as well as for the intelligence of its females ; and among a rude people wit and witchcraft are always imagined to have a close ...
... seems to be Denham's Loggun , much celebrated by him for its ingenious labours and fine manufactures , as well as for the intelligence of its females ; and among a rude people wit and witchcraft are always imagined to have a close ...
Pàgina 72
... seems on this occasion to have been merely off his guard , as he ever after acted a very intelligent and prudent part . He not only traded himself , but was employed as an agent in managing the transactions of others . His good faith ...
... seems on this occasion to have been merely off his guard , as he ever after acted a very intelligent and prudent part . He not only traded himself , but was employed as an agent in managing the transactions of others . His good faith ...
Pàgina 228
... seems impossible , how- ever , to admit an alteration to this extent , which would throw Sego so far westward as to render Park's bearings from Jarra to Sego , and from Sego to Bammakoo , completely erroneous . Besides , it appears to ...
... seems impossible , how- ever , to admit an alteration to this extent , which would throw Sego so far westward as to render Park's bearings from Jarra to Sego , and from Sego to Bammakoo , completely erroneous . Besides , it appears to ...
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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