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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Pàgina 31
... tribes , still more forlorn , merely climbed the trees to seek safety and shelter among the branches . These representations were once deemed fabulous , and might still have been thought so , had not Bruce and other modern tra- vellers ...
... tribes , still more forlorn , merely climbed the trees to seek safety and shelter among the branches . These representations were once deemed fabulous , and might still have been thought so , had not Bruce and other modern tra- vellers ...
Pàgina 60
... tribe . The baboons marched along , sometimes in herds of several thousands , with several of the tallest in front , under the guidance of a principal leader , the lesser following be- hind , while a band of larger size brought up the ...
... tribe . The baboons marched along , sometimes in herds of several thousands , with several of the tallest in front , under the guidance of a principal leader , the lesser following be- hind , while a band of larger size brought up the ...
Pàgina 69
... tribe , which were conti- nually leaping from bough to bough . Elephants marched in bands of forty or fifty ; and large herds of cattle fed on the rich meadows , though , during the season of inundation , they withdrew to the more ...
... tribe , which were conti- nually leaping from bough to bough . Elephants marched in bands of forty or fifty ; and large herds of cattle fed on the rich meadows , though , during the season of inundation , they withdrew to the more ...
Pàgina 76
... tribes , to whom these woods belong , break up about the beginning of December from their desert encampments , and proceed to the gum district in a tumultuous crowd ; the rich mounted on horses and camels , while the poor perform the ...
... tribes , to whom these woods belong , break up about the beginning of December from their desert encampments , and proceed to the gum district in a tumultuous crowd ; the rich mounted on horses and camels , while the poor perform the ...
Pàgina 109
... tribe bordering on Egypt . While he was at Cairo , tidings arrived of Buona- parte's parte's having landed in that country , when the just indig- nation of the natives vented itself upon all Europeans , and among others on Horneman ...
... tribe bordering on Egypt . While he was at Cairo , tidings arrived of Buona- parte's parte's having landed in that country , when the just indig- nation of the natives vented itself upon all Europeans , and among others on Horneman ...
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Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa, from the Earliest Ages to ... Robert Jameson,James Wilson,Hugh Murray Visualització completa - 1830 |
Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to ... Robert Jameson,James Wilson,Hugh Murray Visualització completa - 1832 |
Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to ... Hugh Murray Visualització completa - 1832 |
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