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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... feet , they form that " sea under ground " which has been traced throughout a large portion of the waste . Vegetable life , in consequence of this absence of mois- ture , is scantily diffused over a great extent of central Africa . In ...
... feet , they form that " sea under ground " which has been traced throughout a large portion of the waste . Vegetable life , in consequence of this absence of mois- ture , is scantily diffused over a great extent of central Africa . In ...
Pàgina 26
... feet in height , and are regularly distributed into labourers and soldiers , with others holding the rank of king and queen . This latter personage , when about to add to the numbers of the tribe , presents a most extraordinary ...
... feet in height , and are regularly distributed into labourers and soldiers , with others holding the rank of king and queen . This latter personage , when about to add to the numbers of the tribe , presents a most extraordinary ...
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... feet , which was understood as a token of submission : the king even assured the English captain , that the country and every thing in it were thus placed at his disposal . In return for gifts so magnificent , it was impossible to ...
... feet , which was understood as a token of submission : the king even assured the English captain , that the country and every thing in it were thus placed at his disposal . In return for gifts so magnificent , it was impossible to ...
Pàgina 83
... feet were buried at every step ; and a man , after walking fifty paces , was overwhelmed with fatigue . At Senegal the colony was found in so imperfect a state that the sailors were obliged to rear huts for their own accommodation ; and ...
... feet were buried at every step ; and a man , after walking fifty paces , was overwhelmed with fatigue . At Senegal the colony was found in so imperfect a state that the sailors were obliged to rear huts for their own accommodation ; and ...
Pàgina 90
... feet in diameter , is dug to the depth of thirty or forty , when the workmen are usually arrested by an impenetrable bed of reddish - coloured marble , which , from certain indications , Golberry is led to consider as only the covering ...
... feet in diameter , is dug to the depth of thirty or forty , when the workmen are usually arrested by an impenetrable bed of reddish - coloured marble , which , from certain indications , Golberry is led to consider as only the covering ...
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