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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... kind of union and polity . The monkey tribe , now familiar in Europe , and attracting attention by their playful movements , fill with sportive cries all the forests of tropical Africa . The insect race , which in our climate is ...
... kind of union and polity . The monkey tribe , now familiar in Europe , and attracting attention by their playful movements , fill with sportive cries all the forests of tropical Africa . The insect race , which in our climate is ...
Pàgina 32
... kind was celebrated by the virgins of the latter tribe , when their fair hands were employed in throwing stones against each other with such fury that usually some of them were left dead on the spot . The fate of these sufferers was ...
... kind was celebrated by the virgins of the latter tribe , when their fair hands were employed in throwing stones against each other with such fury that usually some of them were left dead on the spot . The fate of these sufferers was ...
Pàgina 102
... kind of creature a Christian is , he must instantly come and show himself ; but he was assured , at the same time , that he would be well treated , and , on satisfying her majesty's curiosity , would even be for- warded on his journey ...
... kind of creature a Christian is , he must instantly come and show himself ; but he was assured , at the same time , that he would be well treated , and , on satisfying her majesty's curiosity , would even be for- warded on his journey ...
Pàgina 114
... kind hospitality , which had been bestowed only scantily and occasionally in the still more fruitful regions below . Next day he set out for Sibidooloo ; but on this route his last and greatest disaster awaited him . In passing a ...
... kind hospitality , which had been bestowed only scantily and occasionally in the still more fruitful regions below . Next day he set out for Sibidooloo ; but on this route his last and greatest disaster awaited him . In passing a ...
Pàgina 140
... kind - hearted . Oleebo , the sove- reign , lived in a lofty palace , had no fewer than 150 wives , 10,000 slaves , and a very large army . But the chief interest was excited by a report , received from the king's brother , of ...
... kind - hearted . Oleebo , the sove- reign , lived in a lofty palace , had no fewer than 150 wives , 10,000 slaves , and a very large army . But the chief interest was excited by a report , received from the king's brother , of ...
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