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 82
... usual fate of such associations , one was involved in bankruptcy , another immediately supplied its place . Thus four successive copartneries rose and fell ; till at length they all merged in that greatest and most fatal delusion , the ...
... usual fate of such associations , one was involved in bankruptcy , another immediately supplied its place . Thus four successive copartneries rose and fell ; till at length they all merged in that greatest and most fatal delusion , the ...
Pàgina 145
... usual attack of fever . He had been exhausted by con- stant depression and mental anxiety . From this unhappy expedition , however , some infor- mation was obtained respecting a part of Africa not visited for several centuries . No ...
... usual attack of fever . He had been exhausted by con- stant depression and mental anxiety . From this unhappy expedition , however , some infor- mation was obtained respecting a part of Africa not visited for several centuries . No ...
Pàgina 156
... usual among the Mohammedan tribes , but meet with notice and respect ; indeed the domestic habits of this nation much resemble those of Europeans . They are a wandering race of shepherds and robbers , holding in contempt all who live in ...
... usual among the Mohammedan tribes , but meet with notice and respect ; indeed the domestic habits of this nation much resemble those of Europeans . They are a wandering race of shepherds and robbers , holding in contempt all who live 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