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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... seen with his own eyes ; and a degree of discouragement was felt , which prevented any other exploratory voyage from being undertaken for a considerable time into that part of the African continent . CHAPTER VI . French Discoveries ...
... seen with his own eyes ; and a degree of discouragement was felt , which prevented any other exploratory voyage from being undertaken for a considerable time into that part of the African continent . CHAPTER VI . French Discoveries ...
Pàgina 71
... seen peeping above . Their female domestics , riding by their side on asses , endeavoured to en- liven them by incessant talk . The baggage behind was borne by a long train of camels and asses ; while horsemen , in military array , with ...
... seen peeping above . Their female domestics , riding by their side on asses , endeavoured to en- liven them by incessant talk . The baggage behind was borne by a long train of camels and asses ; while horsemen , in military array , with ...
Pàgina 73
... seen on the waters beyond . But the grand object of his research was the course of the Ni- ger , concerning which he received two quite opposite an- swers . According to some it flowed westward from the Lake Maberia , till it separated ...
... seen on the waters beyond . But the grand object of his research was the course of the Ni- ger , concerning which he received two quite opposite an- swers . According to some it flowed westward from the Lake Maberia , till it separated ...
Pàgina 80
... 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 new agent , and from ...
... 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 new agent , and from ...
Pàgina 87
... seen him feasting on this impure and hated flesh , would have killed him on the spot . As the dry season advanced , water became scarce and precious , and only a very limited quantity was allowed to reach the infidel , who thus endured ...
... seen him feasting on this impure and hated flesh , would have killed him on the spot . As the dry season advanced , water became scarce and precious , and only a very limited quantity was allowed to reach the infidel , who thus endured ...
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