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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Pàgina 15
... BIRDS OF AFRICA . Introductory Observations - Vultures - Serpent - eater - Eagles Hawks - Owls - Butcher Birds - Thrushes - Buntings- Colius- Beef - eaters Rollers - Goatsuckers Swallows- Hoopoes - Promerops - Creepers - Bee - eater ...
... BIRDS OF AFRICA . Introductory Observations - Vultures - Serpent - eater - Eagles Hawks - Owls - Butcher Birds - Thrushes - Buntings- Colius- Beef - eaters Rollers - Goatsuckers Swallows- Hoopoes - Promerops - Creepers - Bee - eater ...
Pàgina 53
... bird , nor tree , - " nothing but sand and hills of sand . " In ten days he came to Abu Latin , a large commercial town , crowded with merchants from various quarters of the continent . The manners of the people , as is indeed too ...
... bird , nor tree , - " nothing but sand and hills of sand . " In ten days he came to Abu Latin , a large commercial town , crowded with merchants from various quarters of the continent . The manners of the people , as is indeed too ...
Pàgina 155
... bird or an insect , that did not belong to their own company . After painful marches under the direct action of the solar rays , they were delighted by the silence and beauty of the night . The moon and stars shone with peculiar ...
... bird or an insect , that did not belong to their own company . After painful marches under the direct action of the solar rays , they were delighted by the silence and beauty of the night . The moon and stars shone with peculiar ...
Pàgina 158
... birds among the creeping plants whose flowers dif- fused an aromatic odour , formed a delightful contrast to the ... Bird , was presented by Boo Khalloom with a coarse scarlet burnouse and a tawdry silk caftan : these paltry dresses ...
... birds among the creeping plants whose flowers dif- fused an aromatic odour , formed a delightful contrast to the ... Bird , was presented by Boo Khalloom with a coarse scarlet burnouse and a tawdry silk caftan : these paltry dresses ...
Pàgina 224
... colour , and parched in the extreme . " The horizon is of a pale red , —all is gloomy in nature , the deepest silence reigns , not the song of a single bird is heard ; " ក ក ក AA and yet there was something imposing 224 CAILLIÉ .
... colour , and parched in the extreme . " The horizon is of a pale red , —all is gloomy in nature , the deepest silence reigns , not the song of a single bird is heard ; " ក ក ក AA and yet there was something imposing 224 CAILLIÉ .
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Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa, from the Earliest Ages to ... Robert Jameson,James Wilson,Hugh Murray Visualització completa - 1830 |
Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa, from the Earliest Ages to ... Robert Jameson,James Wilson,Hugh Murray Visualització completa - 1846 |
Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to ... Robert Jameson,James Wilson,Hugh Murray Visualització completa - 1836 |
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