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 44
... probably overlooked an arti- ficial process by which it is usually brought into this form . From Thargari he went in twenty days to Tashila , three days beyond which commenced a desert of the most dreary aspect , where there was neither ...
... probably overlooked an arti- ficial process by which it is usually brought into this form . From Thargari he went in twenty days to Tashila , three days beyond which commenced a desert of the most dreary aspect , where there was neither ...
Pàgina 80
... probably from having seen it during the rainy season , when all the tropical rivers that are of any magnitude assume an imposing appearance . Mr. Lucas made no farther effort to penetrate into Africa . The next expedition was made by a ...
... probably from having seen it during the rainy season , when all the tropical rivers that are of any magnitude assume an imposing appearance . Mr. Lucas made no farther effort to penetrate into Africa . The next expedition was made by a ...
Pàgina 99
... probably , was the lot of Nealee , a female slave , who , either from obstinacy or from excessive fatigue , refused to proceed any farther ; and after vain attempts to compel her by the whip , she was abandoned to her fate . On emerging ...
... probably , was the lot of Nealee , a female slave , who , either from obstinacy or from excessive fatigue , refused to proceed any farther ; and after vain attempts to compel her by the whip , she was abandoned to her fate . On emerging ...
Pàgina 114
... probably , conjectured that his guides had murdered him with the view of seizing his property . The public mind , meantime , continued fixed with intense interest on Africa , and every channel by which even the most imperfect ...
... probably , conjectured that his guides had murdered him with the view of seizing his property . The public mind , meantime , continued fixed with intense interest on Africa , and every channel by which even the most imperfect ...
Pàgina 123
... probably be more populous than the banks of the river , there must , in these pious narratives , have been much exaggeration . The largest towns , or rather villages , did not contain above a hundred houses , with five or six hundred ...
... probably be more populous than the banks of the river , there must , in these pious narratives , have been much exaggeration . The largest towns , or rather villages , did not contain above a hundred houses , with five or six hundred ...
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