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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... side , it was a subject of grave deliberation in what direction he should first proceed ; and an expedition to trace the upper course and fountain of the Nile was at one time contem- plated . But the spirit of adventure was soon turned ...
... side , it was a subject of grave deliberation in what direction he should first proceed ; and an expedition to trace the upper course and fountain of the Nile was at one time contem- plated . But the spirit of adventure was soon turned ...
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... side of the Great Desert . By successive migrations , they not only became numerous in Central Africa , but , from superior skill in the art of war , rose to be the ruling power . They founded several flourishing kingdoms in that part ...
... side of the Great Desert . By successive migrations , they not only became numerous in Central Africa , but , from superior skill in the art of war , rose to be the ruling power . They founded several flourishing kingdoms in that part ...
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... side , indeed , the immense Desert and its barbarous inha- bitants rendered these central regions almost inaccessible ; but there was another channel which appeared to open the fairest and most tempting prospects . According to all the ...
... side , indeed , the immense Desert and its barbarous inha- bitants rendered these central regions almost inaccessible ; but there was another channel which appeared to open the fairest and most tempting prospects . According to all the ...
Pàgina 60
... side there were immense forests of unknown trees , while both the land and the water were inhabited by multitudes of savage animals , whose roarings every night filled the air . Sometimes twenty cro- codiles were seen together in the ...
... side there were immense forests of unknown trees , while both the land and the water were inhabited by multitudes of savage animals , whose roarings every night filled the air . Sometimes twenty cro- codiles were seen together in the ...
Pàgina 61
... side of the river . Speedily there appeared five hundred of a ruder race , covered with skins of wild animals , " the tails hanging as from the beasts . " The women , who had never before seen a white man , ran away ; but the sight of a ...
... side of the river . Speedily there appeared five hundred of a ruder race , covered with skins of wild animals , " the tails hanging as from the beasts . " The women , who had never before seen a white man , ran away ; but the sight of a ...
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