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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... tribes in particular , through the action of the sun on the swampy land , rise up in terrible and destructive numbers . They fill the air and darken the sky ; they annihilate the labour of nations ; they drive even armies before them ...
... tribes in particular , through the action of the sun on the swampy land , rise up in terrible and destructive numbers . They fill the air and darken the sky ; they annihilate the labour of nations ; they drive even armies before them ...
Pàgina 156
... tribes , probably of great antiquity , and having no alliance with the Arab race , now so widely spread over the continent . The Tibboos were on the left hand ; and it was through their villages that the caravan passed . These people ...
... tribes , probably of great antiquity , and having no alliance with the Arab race , now so widely spread over the continent . The Tibboos were on the left hand ; and it was through their villages that the caravan passed . These people ...
Pàgina 449
... tribe , of brilliant plumage but ungraceful forms , the greater part are proper to Asia and Ame- rica . We are indebted to Le ... tribes and genera belonging to the great order of gallinaceous birds are the next to claim our regard . The ...
... tribe , of brilliant plumage but ungraceful forms , the greater part are proper to Asia and Ame- rica . We are indebted to Le ... tribes and genera belonging to the great order of gallinaceous birds are the next to claim our regard . The ...
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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