Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time: With Illustrations of the Geology, Mineralogy and ZoologyJ. & J. Harper, 1846 - 359 pàgines |
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Pàgina 33
... lakes and marshes , to a town situated on a large river flowing from west to east , and inhabited by a nation all of the same size and colour with the strangers , and strongly addicted to the arts of necromancy . It is not said how or ...
... lakes and marshes , to a town situated on a large river flowing from west to east , and inhabited by a nation all of the same size and colour with the strangers , and strongly addicted to the arts of necromancy . It is not said how or ...
Pàgina 42
... . They describe the Atlantic as only about five hundred miles beyond Tocrur , although two thousand would have been nearer the truth : perhaps they mistook the great lake Dibbie for the sea 42 SETTLEMENTS OF THE ARABS .
... . They describe the Atlantic as only about five hundred miles beyond Tocrur , although two thousand would have been nearer the truth : perhaps they mistook the great lake Dibbie for the sea 42 SETTLEMENTS OF THE ARABS .
Pàgina 43
... lake Dibbie for the sea . ' They mention the island of Ulil , whence were brought great quantities of salt , an article which is in constant demand throughout Soudan . Ulil , though called an island , was probably Walet , the great ...
... lake Dibbie for the sea . ' They mention the island of Ulil , whence were brought great quantities of salt , an article which is in constant demand throughout Soudan . Ulil , though called an island , was probably Walet , the great ...
Pàgina 64
... lake , where the only difficulty was to find the main branch amid several that opened from different quarters . " Up the buffing stream , " says he , " with sad labour we wrought ; " and when they ascended higher , it became necessary ...
... lake , where the only difficulty was to find the main branch amid several that opened from different quarters . " Up the buffing stream , " says he , " with sad labour we wrought ; " and when they ascended higher , it became necessary ...
Pàgina 67
... lake that he could hear of it had no communication with the Senegal or any other great river . The natives reported that at twelve days ' journey above Barraconda it dwindled into a rivulet , and " fowls walked over it . " These ...
... lake that he could hear of it had no communication with the Senegal or any other great river . The natives reported that at twelve days ' journey above Barraconda it dwindled into a rivulet , and " fowls walked over it . " These ...
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