Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time: with Illustrations of the Geology, Mineralogy and ZoologyHarper & Brothers, 1836 - 359 pàgines |
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... caravan trader , who happened to be in London . From these two sources Mr. Beaufoy was enabled to draw up a view of Central Africa ; very imperfect indeed , yet su- perior to any that had ever before appeared . According to the ...
... caravan trader , who happened to be in London . From these two sources Mr. Beaufoy was enabled to draw up a view of Central Africa ; very imperfect indeed , yet su- perior to any that had ever before appeared . According to the ...
Pàgina 90
... caravan , of about se- venty slaves tied together by the neck with thongs of bul- locks ' hide , seven slaves upon each thong . His horse was now so completely worn out , that , instead of attempting to ride , he was content to drive it ...
... caravan , of about se- venty slaves tied together by the neck with thongs of bul- locks ' hide , seven slaves upon each thong . His horse was now so completely worn out , that , instead of attempting to ride , he was content to drive it ...
Pàgina 99
... caravan travelled during five days with- out seeing a human habitation . They marched in close and regular order , to protect the party against the attack of wild beasts , whose roarings were heard continually around them , and to which ...
... caravan travelled during five days with- out seeing a human habitation . They marched in close and regular order , to protect the party against the attack of wild beasts , whose roarings were heard continually around them , and to which ...
Pàgina 109
... caravan . The interval was employed in acquiring the language of the Mograbin Arabs , a tribe bordering on Egypt . While he was at Cairo , tidings arrived of Buona- parte's having landed in that country , when the just indig- nation of ...
... caravan . The interval was employed in acquiring the language of the Mograbin Arabs , a tribe bordering on Egypt . While he was at Cairo , tidings arrived of Buona- parte's having landed in that country , when the just indig- nation of ...
Pàgina 110
... caravan to Ummeso- geir , a village situated on a rock , with a hundred and twenty inhabitants , who , separated by such immense deserts from the rest of the world , pass a peacefui and hospitable life , subsisting on dates , the chief ...
... caravan to Ummeso- geir , a village situated on a rock , with a hundred and twenty inhabitants , who , separated by such immense deserts from the rest of the world , pass a peacefui and hospitable life , subsisting on dates , the chief ...
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