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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... side , the track , without constant travelling and the dili- gent use of the axe , soon becomes impassable . As we approach the confines of the Desert , these giants of the wood disappear , and vegetation presents a different and more ...
... side , the track , without constant travelling and the dili- gent use of the axe , soon becomes impassable . As we approach the confines of the Desert , these giants of the wood disappear , and vegetation presents a different and more ...
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... side to the feast of blood . These ferocious creatures hold , indeed , so commanding a position , that the native scarcely makes any attempt to extirpate them , or even to prevent their increase . He wages against them only a defensive ...
... side to the feast of blood . These ferocious creatures hold , indeed , so commanding a position , that the native scarcely makes any attempt to extirpate them , or even to prevent their increase . He wages against them only a defensive ...
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... side of the globe , where during our summer it was winter ; consequently the greatest rains then fell . and the swollen waters , flowing across the whole breadth of the torrid zone , acquired that soft and mellow taste which made them ...
... side of the globe , where during our summer it was winter ; consequently the greatest rains then fell . and the swollen waters , flowing across the whole breadth of the torrid zone , acquired that soft and mellow taste which made them ...
Pàgina 38
... side by two unknown coasts , which stretched so far that it was not possible to conjecture their termination . Two tempestuous oceans , a desert the most dreary on the face of the earth , and infested by multitudes of huge and ferocious ...
... side by two unknown coasts , which stretched so far that it was not possible to conjecture their termination . Two tempestuous oceans , a desert the most dreary on the face of the earth , and infested by multitudes of huge and ferocious ...
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... side , Major Rennell urges , that , immense as this voyage was , it was entirely along a shore of which the navigators never required to lose sight even for a day ; that their small barks were well equipped and better fitted than ours ...
... side , Major Rennell urges , that , immense as this voyage was , it was entirely along a shore of which the navigators never required to lose sight even for a day ; that their small barks were well equipped and better fitted than ours ...
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