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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... streams , which descend from the lofty precipices and eter- nal snows of the Himmaleh , that the plains of Hindostan and China owe their amazing fruitfulness . Africa , too , has elevated mountain - chains , which give rise to several ...
... streams , which descend from the lofty precipices and eter- nal snows of the Himmaleh , that the plains of Hindostan and China owe their amazing fruitfulness . Africa , too , has elevated mountain - chains , which give rise to several ...
Pàgina 21
... stream a species of natural arcade . Nor do these mighty trees stand alone , but have their interstices filled up by numberless shrubs , canes , creeping and parasitical plants , which intersect and entwine with each other till they ...
... stream a species of natural arcade . Nor do these mighty trees stand alone , but have their interstices filled up by numberless shrubs , canes , creeping and parasitical plants , which intersect and entwine with each other till they ...
Pàgina 40
... stream was the Yeou or river of Bornou . The distance from Cyrene thither is not very great ; and nowhere but in the Tchad can we find those mighty lakes which make so prominent a figure in the narration . On the whole , it must appear ...
... stream was the Yeou or river of Bornou . The distance from Cyrene thither is not very great ; and nowhere but in the Tchad can we find those mighty lakes which make so prominent a figure in the narration . On the whole , it must appear ...
Pàgina 61
... stream itself has often , by Portuguese writers , been termed the " River of the Pillar . " He ascended its borders , opened an intercourse with the in- habitants , and inquired after the residence of their sove- reign . They pointed to ...
... stream itself has often , by Portuguese writers , been termed the " River of the Pillar . " He ascended its borders , opened an intercourse with the in- habitants , and inquired after the residence of their sove- reign . They pointed to ...
Pàgina 65
... stream from his back and shoulders , when he finally yielded , and renounced all pretensions to a divine origin . Farther acquaintance discovered other irregularities among the natives , against which a painful struggle was to be ...
... stream from his back and shoulders , when he finally yielded , and renounced all pretensions to a divine origin . Farther acquaintance discovered other irregularities among the natives , against which a painful struggle was to be ...
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