Travels in the Interior of AfricaP. Hayes, 1825 - 180 oldal |
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40. oldal
... answered in the negative , he seemed sur- prised , but desired Mr. Park to come in the evening , when he would give him some pro- visions . This monarch was called Almami , a Moorish name , though he was not a Maho- metan , but a Pagan ...
... answered in the negative , he seemed sur- prised , but desired Mr. Park to come in the evening , when he would give him some pro- visions . This monarch was called Almami , a Moorish name , though he was not a Maho- metan , but a Pagan ...
50. oldal
... answer ; but his boy , who was sitting by , told her the king's people had robbed him , and he had no money : on hearing this , the good old woman , with a look of benevolence , took the basket from her head , and shewing that it ...
... answer ; but his boy , who was sitting by , told her the king's people had robbed him , and he had no money : on hearing this , the good old woman , with a look of benevolence , took the basket from her head , and shewing that it ...
56. oldal
... answered by the company , by a few strokes on their large drums . In this manner , they proceeded till they reached the house of Tiggity Sego , where the loads were deposited ; and in the evening they all assembled under the Bentang ...
... answered by the company , by a few strokes on their large drums . In this manner , they proceeded till they reached the house of Tiggity Sego , where the loads were deposited ; and in the evening they all assembled under the Bentang ...
76. oldal
... answered him his master had none , he hastily snatched up a musket that stood by him , cocked it , and putting the muzzle close to the boy'6 ear , would certainly have killed him , had not the Moors wrested the musket from him , and ...
... answered him his master had none , he hastily snatched up a musket that stood by him , cocked it , and putting the muzzle close to the boy'6 ear , would certainly have killed him , had not the Moors wrested the musket from him , and ...
109. oldal
... answered in the negative . July the 23d , another messenger from Mansong arrived , with a bag in his hand . He said it was the king's pleasure he should immediately leave the vicinage of Sego ; but that , wishing to relieve the wants of ...
... answered in the negative . July the 23d , another messenger from Mansong arrived , with a bag in his hand . He said it was the king's pleasure he should immediately leave the vicinage of Sego ; but that , wishing to relieve the wants of ...
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Abdulkader African Ali's amber animal appeared asses attendants baggage Bambarra bank blacksmith Bondou bridle brought bullock bushes calabashes called canoe caravan cattle CHAP chief conduct corn cotton cloth Damel Demba Sego desired dress European fatigue fire Foulahs four Gambia gold grass ground-nuts hand head horse horsemen hyæna indigo plant informed inhabitants Isaaco Jarra Joag journey Kaarta Kamalia Karfa Kasson king kingdom Kooma Laidley lion lodgings Ludamar Mahometan Mandingo manner Mansa Mansong miles milk Moorish Moors morning MUNGO PARK musket natives negroes Niger night o'clock obliged Park arrived Park took Park's party pass Pisania prayers present proceeded reached received river river Gambia river Senegal rode round saddle salt Sansanding season sent Silla sitting slaves small village soldiers soon stop stranger tent tion told Tombuctoo town trade traveller tree wild hog women woods
Népszerű szakaszok
155. oldal - my spear is indeed red with the blood of your subjects killed in battle, and I could now give it a deeper stain by dipping it in your own ; but this would not build up my towns, nor bring to life the thousands who fell in the woods. I will not, therefore, kill you in cold blood, but I will retain you as my slave, until I perceive that your presence in your own kingdom will be no longer dangerous to your neighbours ; and then I will consider of the proper way of disposing of you.
108. oldal - 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.
136. oldal - a generous action: in so free and kind a manner did they contribute to " my relief, that if I was dry, I drank the sweetest draught; and if hungry, " I ate the coarsest morsel with a double relish.
144. 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.
128. oldal - ... 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 (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!
178. oldal - Park came there after the army had posted itself ; he nevertheless attempted to pass. The people began to attack him, throwing lances, pikes, arrows and stones. Mr. Park defended himself for a long time ; two of his slaves at the stern of the canoe were killed...
177. oldal - Boussa, near the river side — There is before this village a rock across the whole breadth of the river. One part of the rock is very high : there is a large opening in that rock in the form of a door, which is the only passage for the water to pass through ; the tide current is here very strong.
42. oldal - On my part, without disputing my own deformity, I paid them many compliments on African beauty. I praised the glossy jet of their skins, and the lovely depression of their noses; but they said that flattery, or (as they emphatically termed it) honey-mouth, was not esteemed in Bondou.
175. oldal - ... Scott, have both bid adieu to the things of this world; and the greater part of the soldiers have died on the march during the rainy season; but you may believe me, I am in good health. The rains are completely over, and the healthy season has commenced, so that there is no danger of sickness; and I have still a sufficient force to protect me from any insult in sailing down the river, to the sea. "We have already embarked all our things, and shall sail the moment I have finished this letter.
105. oldal - They were tied together by their necks with thongs of a bullock's hide, twisted like a rope ; seven slaves upon a thong, and a man with a musket between every seven.