Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa: Performed Under the Direction and Patronage of the African Association, in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797Bulmer and Company, 1799 - 372 oldal |
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44. oldal
... look for the well , intending , if water was to be obtained , to rest here for the night . A pool was found , but the water was thick and muddy , and the Negro discovered near it the remains of a fire recently extinguished , and the ...
... look for the well , intending , if water was to be obtained , to rest here for the night . A pool was found , but the water was thick and muddy , and the Negro discovered near it the remains of a fire recently extinguished , and the ...
47. oldal
... look upon him as a rob- ber , and shoot him without further ceremony . This threat had the desired effect , and we marched sullenly along till the after- noon , when we arrived at a number of small villages scattered over an open and ...
... look upon him as a rob- ber , and shoot him without further ceremony . This threat had the desired effect , and we marched sullenly along till the after- noon , when we arrived at a number of small villages scattered over an open and ...
54. oldal
... look at the country , and its inhabitants : however , when I offered to shew him the contents of my portmanteau , and every thing be- longing to me , he was convinced ; and it was evident that his suspicion had arisen from a belief ...
... look at the country , and its inhabitants : however , when I offered to shew him the contents of my portmanteau , and every thing be- longing to me , he was convinced ; and it was evident that his suspicion had arisen from a belief ...
62. oldal
... looks like innovation . The heat of the climate , and the great scarcity of salt , are held forth as unanswerable objections ; and the whole process appears to them too long and troublesome , to be at- tended with any solid advantage ...
... looks like innovation . The heat of the climate , and the great scarcity of salt , are held forth as unanswerable objections ; and the whole process appears to them too long and troublesome , to be at- tended with any solid advantage ...
64. oldal
... looks upon him as a man of no understanding , who could per- form a long journey , and ( as they express it ) bring back nothing but the hair upon his head . Their language abounds much in gutturals , and is not so har- monious as that ...
... looks upon him as a man of no understanding , who could per- form a long journey , and ( as they express it ) bring back nothing but the hair upon his head . Their language abounds much in gutturals , and is not so har- monious as that ...
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Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa: Performed Under the Direction ... Mungo Park Korlátozott előnézet - 2011 |
Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa: Performed Under the Direction ... Mungo Park Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2018 |
Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
Abulfeda Africa afternoon Agadez Ali's appear Arabic arrived Bambarra Bambouk banks Benowm Bondou Bornou branch Bushreens calabash called canoe Cape Verd cattle clothes Coast coffle corn course D'Anville Daisy Damel Demba departed Desert distance Dongola Dooty east eastward Edrisi European Falemé Fezzan Foulahs frequently Gambia Gambia river geographical Ghana Ginea gold horse Houssa informed inhabitants Jarra Joag Joliba journey Kaarta Kafirs Kamalia Karfa Kassina Kasson Kauga king kingdom Labat Laidley lake latitude longitude Ludamar Mahomedan Manding Mandingo manner Mansong Melli miles Moorish Moors morning mountains natives Negroes Niger night Nile Nubia o'clock observed Park Park's passed Pisania present quantity reached road route salt sand saphie season Sego Senegal river Sennar sent shew Silla situation Slatees slaves stream supposed tent told Tombuctoo town travelled tree victuals village Wangara westward women woods
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244. oldal - At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss in fructification irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation ; for though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsula, without admiration. Can that Being...
300. oldal - I could learn, is never found in any matrix or vein, but always in small grains, nearly in a pure state, from the size of a pin's head to that of a pea; scattered through a large body of sand or clay...
263. oldal - I never addressed myself in the language of decency and friendship, without receiving a decent and friendly answer; with man it has often been otherwise.
243. oldal - I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw myself in the midst of a vast wilderness, in the depth of the rainy season ; naked and alone; surrounded by savage animals, and men still more savage.
197. oldal - ... the night threatened to be very uncomfortable, for the wind rose, and there was great appearance of a heavy rain ; and the wild beasts are so very numerous in the neighbourhood, that I should have been under the necessity of climbing up the tree, and resting among the branches.
244. oldal - I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsule without admiration. Can that Being (thought I), who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears of so small importance, look with unconcern upon the situation and sufferings of creatures formed after his own image ? — surely not ! Reflections like these would not allow me to despair ; I started up, and disregarding both hunger and fatigue, travelled forwards,...
177. oldal - Here then, thought I, after a short but ineffectual struggle, terminate all my hopes of being useful in my day and generation ; here must the short span of my life come to an end.
279. oldal - European to see a child suck a piece of rock-salt as if it were sugar. This, however, I have frequently seen ; although, in the inland parts, the poorer class of inhabitants are so very rarely indulged with this precious article, that to say a man eats salt with his victuals is the same as saying he is a rich man.
198. oldal - I might sleep there without apprehension) called to the female part of her family, who had stood gazing on me all the while in fixed astonishment, to resume their task of spinning cotton ; in which they continued to employ themselves great part of the night.
236. oldal - I therefore wrote the board full from top to bottom on both sides ; and my landlord, to be certain of having the whole force of the charm, washed the writing from the board into a calabash with a little water, and having said a few prayers over it, drank this powerful draught : after which, lest a single word should escape, he licked the board until it was quite dry.