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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... seen . The rocks near Sullo assumed every possible diversity of form , towering like ruined castles , spires , and pyramids . One mass of granite so strongly resembled the remains of a Gothic abbey , with its niches and ruined staircase ...
... seen . The rocks near Sullo assumed every possible diversity of form , towering like ruined castles , spires , and pyramids . One mass of granite so strongly resembled the remains of a Gothic abbey , with its niches and ruined staircase ...
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... seen him ; and five days only were allowed to prove whether he were friend or foe . It was ordered , meantime , that the soldiers should march as through a friendly country , abstaining from all violence , or seiz- ure of cattle . But ...
... seen him ; and five days only were allowed to prove whether he were friend or foe . It was ordered , meantime , that the soldiers should march as through a friendly country , abstaining from all violence , or seiz- ure of cattle . But ...
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... seen the giraffe trot , he spares me any farther trouble in proving that this animal never presented itself alive before him . How in the world should an animal so dispro- portioned in height before and behind trot ? The giraffe can ...
... seen the giraffe trot , he spares me any farther trouble in proving that this animal never presented itself alive before him . How in the world should an animal so dispro- portioned in height before and behind trot ? The giraffe can ...
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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