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 21
... soon becomes impassable . As we approach the confines of the Desert , these giants of the wood disappear , and vegetation presents a different and more pleasing aspect . It exhibits now the light and gay form of the acacia , whole ...
... soon becomes impassable . As we approach the confines of the Desert , these giants of the wood disappear , and vegetation presents a different and more pleasing aspect . It exhibits now the light and gay form of the acacia , whole ...
Pàgina 25
... soon baffles every attempt to check its course . Whole provinces which , at their entrance , display rich harvests or brilliant verdure , are left without an ear or a blade ; and , when at length de- stroyed by famine or tempest , they ...
... soon baffles every attempt to check its course . Whole provinces which , at their entrance , display rich harvests or brilliant verdure , are left without an ear or a blade ; and , when at length de- stroyed by famine or tempest , they ...
Pàgina 34
... soon as the wife had gone through the necessary trouble of bearing a child , she handed it to the husband to be nursed , and imme- diately resumed her own high and arduous occupations . These gallant viragoes , it is said , not only ...
... soon as the wife had gone through the necessary trouble of bearing a child , she handed it to the husband to be nursed , and imme- diately resumed her own high and arduous occupations . These gallant viragoes , it is said , not only ...
Pàgina 35
... soon elevated it to its former rank as the greatest city of Africa . Another territory , of which the ancients had consider- able knowledge , was that extending upwards along the Nile , whose immediate borders have always been not only ...
... soon elevated it to its former rank as the greatest city of Africa . Another territory , of which the ancients had consider- able knowledge , was that extending upwards along the Nile , whose immediate borders have always been not only ...
Pàgina 42
... soon as the sun set , fires blazed on the shore , and the shouts of men were mingled with the varied sounds of cymbals , trumpets , and other musical instruments . This scene , being new to the Carthaginians , struck them with a sort of ...
... soon as the sun set , fires blazed on the shore , and the shouts of men were mingled with the varied sounds of cymbals , trumpets , and other musical instruments . This scene , being new to the Carthaginians , struck them with a sort of ...
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