Tales of Travels in Central Africa: Including Denham and Clapperton's Expedition, Park's First and Second Journey, Tuckey's Voyage Up the Congo, Bowditch's Account of the Mission to Ashantee, Clapperton's Second Expedition, and Caillie 's Travels to TimbuctooGray and Bowen, 1831 - 158 oldal |
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11. oldal
... Captain Tuckey's expedition up the river Zaire . CHAPTER XVII . Mr. Bowdich's account of the Mission to Ashantee . 88 92 102 · 111 · . 116 CHAPTER XVIII . About Captain Clapperton's second expedition to Sack- CONTENTS . 11.
... Captain Tuckey's expedition up the river Zaire . CHAPTER XVII . Mr. Bowdich's account of the Mission to Ashantee . 88 92 102 · 111 · . 116 CHAPTER XVIII . About Captain Clapperton's second expedition to Sack- CONTENTS . 11.
17. oldal
... rivers . But in these parts of Africa of which I am now telling you , there are no rivers . Water is only found at the springs or wells , and in many of them it is bitter , muddy , or of a salt taste . How delightful would be one of our ...
... rivers . But in these parts of Africa of which I am now telling you , there are no rivers . Water is only found at the springs or wells , and in many of them it is bitter , muddy , or of a salt taste . How delightful would be one of our ...
59. oldal
... river , and crawled up the opposite bank . He now saw some horsemen , through the trees , he fled toward them , and recognised Barca Gana , and Boo - kha - loom . These , with six Arabs , were closely pursued by the Felatahs . Major ...
... river , and crawled up the opposite bank . He now saw some horsemen , through the trees , he fled toward them , and recognised Barca Gana , and Boo - kha - loom . These , with six Arabs , were closely pursued by the Felatahs . Major ...
61. oldal
... river , and fell down , insensible , at the foot of a tree . Here he would have perished ; but the kind - hearted negro , before mentioned , after leaving him to sleep awhile , roused him , and assisted him to mount his horse . The ...
... river , and fell down , insensible , at the foot of a tree . Here he would have perished ; but the kind - hearted negro , before mentioned , after leaving him to sleep awhile , roused him , and assisted him to mount his horse . The ...
72. oldal
... river called Shary . They saw beautiful forests with many shrubs and flowers . They saw also many water birds , and abundance of wild animals . The weather was exceedingly hot , and in some places , the flies and musquittoes were so ...
... river called Shary . They saw beautiful forests with many shrubs and flowers . They saw also many water birds , and abundance of wild animals . The weather was exceedingly hot , and in some places , the flies and musquittoes were so ...
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animals Arabs army arrived Atlantic ocean Barca Gana Bashaw beasts beautiful Bilma birds boat Boo-kha-loom Boussa Caillié CAILLIE'S TRAVELS camels Capt Captain Clapperton Captain Tuckey caravan Central Africa CHAPTER CLAPPERTON'S EXPEDITION cloth Congo Coomassie dance desert dress drums elephants England Felatahs fell Fezzan Foulahs Gambia gold hills hippopotami horse houses hundred huts INCLUDING DENHAM Isaaco Jannah journey Kafila Kano killed king Kouka lake Tchad length Lieutenant Martyn lion Magaria Mahometan Major Denham Mandingoes miles MISSION TO ASHANTEE morning Morocco Mourzouk negro Niger night Oudney Park Park's party persons perton proceeded reached river river Gambia Sackatoo sand Sergeant Sheik of Bornou slaves Sockna soldiers Solomon Bell sometimes soon spears Sultan of Mandara surrounded thousand inhabitants Tibboos told town Travels in Central TRAVELS TO TIMBUCTOO trees Tripoli troops Tuaricks TUCKEY'S VOYAGE villages walls western coast wild wives women woods
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89. oldal - The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated, were these. "The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk; no wife to grind his corn.
102. oldal - My dear friend Mr. Anderson and likewise Mr. Scott are both dead; but though all the Europeans who are with me should die, and though I were myself half dead, I would still persevere; and if I could not succeed in the object of my journey, I would at last die on the Niger.
138. oldal - Jenne" is full of bustle and animation ; every day numerous caravans of merchants are arriving and departing with all kinds of useful productions. In...
111. oldal - The king, his tributaries, and captains, were resplendent in the distance, surrounded by attendants of every description, fronted by a mass of warriors. which seemed to make our approach impervious. The sun was reflected, with a glare scarcely more supportable than the heat, from the massy gold ornaments, which glistened in every direction.
126. oldal - ... sheets of burnished gold and silver. The smoking fires on its banks, the sounding of horns, the beating of their gongs or drums, the braying of their brass and tin trumpets, the rude huts of grass or branches of trees rising as if by magic, every where the calls on the names of Mahomed, Abdo, Mustafa, &c., with the neighing of horses and the braying of asses, gave animation to the beautiful scenery of the lake, and its sloping green and woody banks.
110. oldal - We entered Coomassie at two o'clock, passing under a fetish, or sacrifice of a dead sheep, wrapped up in red silk, and suspended between two lofty poles. Upwards of 5000 people, the greater part warriors, met us with awful bursts of martial music, discordant only in its mixture ; for horns, drums, rattles, and gong-gongs, were all exerted with a zeal bordering on frenzy, to subdue us by the first impression. The smoke which encircled us from the...