Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time: with Illustrations of the Geology, Mineralogy, and ZoologyOliver & Boyd, 1830 - 492 pàgines |
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... beautiful , —the antelope , of twenty different species , all swift , with bright eyes , erect and usually elegant figures , -preying neither on men nor the other animals , but pursued by most on account of the delicate food which they ...
... beautiful , —the antelope , of twenty different species , all swift , with bright eyes , erect and usually elegant figures , -preying neither on men nor the other animals , but pursued by most on account of the delicate food which they ...
Pàgina 31
... beautiful region watered by the river Cinyps , on whose banks rose " the hill of the Graces , " covered with a profusion of the finest foliage . Such is still the gay and brilliant aspect which the neighbourhood of Bengazi presents . To ...
... beautiful region watered by the river Cinyps , on whose banks rose " the hill of the Graces , " covered with a profusion of the finest foliage . Such is still the gay and brilliant aspect which the neighbourhood of Bengazi presents . To ...
Pàgina 83
... beautiful , were considered on the Senegal as forming the perfection of the human visage ; nay , he even fancies that they were produced by artificial processes . He was surprised by the enormous number of greegrees , or charms , in ...
... beautiful , were considered on the Senegal as forming the perfection of the human visage ; nay , he even fancies that they were produced by artificial processes . He was surprised by the enormous number of greegrees , or charms , in ...
Pàgina 92
... beautiful horses ; while the females of rank are seated on camels , elegantly caparisoned , in baskets covered with an awning . An incessant murmur pervades this barbarous assemblage , till , the whole having arrived , the camp is ...
... beautiful horses ; while the females of rank are seated on camels , elegantly caparisoned , in baskets covered with an awning . An incessant murmur pervades this barbarous assemblage , till , the whole having arrived , the camp is ...
Pàgina 101
... beautiful country . At Kooniakary , the capital , our traveller was well received by the king , and forwarded to Kemmoo , the principal town of Kaarta . Daisy , the sovereign of this state , likewise treated him with the utmost kindness ...
... beautiful country . At Kooniakary , the capital , our traveller was well received by the king , and forwarded to Kemmoo , the principal town of Kaarta . Daisy , the sovereign of this state , likewise treated him with the utmost kindness ...
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