The Tour of Africa: Containing a Concise Account of All the Countries in that Quarter of the Globe, Hitherto Visited by Europeans; with the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants, 3. kötetBaldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1821 |
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1 - 5 találat összesen 54 találatból.
29. oldal
... asking for beads and amber , tearing my cloak , and cutting the buttons from the clothes of my servant . They were proceeding to other outrages , when I remounted my horse , and rode off , determined to seek another lodging . I ...
... asking for beads and amber , tearing my cloak , and cutting the buttons from the clothes of my servant . They were proceeding to other outrages , when I remounted my horse , and rode off , determined to seek another lodging . I ...
30. oldal
... much fatigued with my journey . I accompanied the messenger , and found Al Mami sitting under a tree , at a little distance from the town . He desired me to sit near him on his THE KING . 31 mat , and asked me whether 30 BONDOU .
... much fatigued with my journey . I accompanied the messenger , and found Al Mami sitting under a tree , at a little distance from the town . He desired me to sit near him on his THE KING . 31 mat , and asked me whether 30 BONDOU .
31. oldal
... asked me whether I wanted to purchase slaves or gold . I answered in the negative , and said that my desire was to visit every part of the habitable earth , and my request to him was per- mission to pass through his dominions . He ...
... asked me whether I wanted to purchase slaves or gold . I answered in the negative , and said that my desire was to visit every part of the habitable earth , and my request to him was per- mission to pass through his dominions . He ...
32. oldal
... asked for physic , others for amber ; all de- sired to be let blood . They said that the un- natural whiteness of my skin was produced by dipping me in milk when I was an infant , and the unsightly prominence of my nose by its having ...
... asked for physic , others for amber ; all de- sired to be let blood . They said that the un- natural whiteness of my skin was produced by dipping me in milk when I was an infant , and the unsightly prominence of my nose by its having ...
36. oldal
... asked if I were ready . I replied that I had erred without knowing that I did so ; that I had no intention to defraud the King of Kajaaga , or violate his laws ; and that I was now ready to pay the duties . I then offered the five ...
... asked if I were ready . I replied that I had erred without knowing that I did so ; that I had no intention to defraud the King of Kajaaga , or violate his laws ; and that I was now ready to pay the duties . I then offered the five ...
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Algiers Arabs arrived Bambarra Bambouk Bashaw beautiful Bey of Tunis Bondou bushes calabash called camels caravan cattle Cayor chief cloth colour cotton court covered Damel day's journey Desert distance dress eastward eight Emperor European father feet Fezzan following day Foolahs Foota Jallon Foota Toro four Galam Gambia goats gold hand hayk head horem horse Housa hundred inhabitants Jalofs Kaarta kafilah Kajaaga Kamalia king ladies lodged Mandingoes marabut Marocco master merchants miles milk Mogador Moorish Moors morning mountains mounted Mourzouk Muhamed Muhamedan muskets Natakon negroes o'clock passed the night persons plain proceeded reached river round Sahara salt sand Seedy Hamed Sego Senegal Sheik side skin slaves sovereign stone Sultan Suse Swerah tent Timbuctoo Tlemsen town travelled trees tribe Tripoli Tunis twenty valley village walls wife women wood
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73. oldal - It was sung by one of the young women, the rest joining in a sort of chorus. 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.
104. oldal - Abdulkader, answer me this question. If the chance of war had placed me in your situation and you in mine, how would you have treated me ?' 'I would have thrust my spear into your heart/ returned Abdulkader, with great firmness, 'and I know that a similar fate awaits me.
33. oldal - The stillness of the air, the howling of the wild beasts, and the deep solitude of the forest, made the scene solemn and impressive. Not a word was uttered by any of us but in a whisper ; all were attentive and every one anxious to show his sagacity, by pointing out to me the wolves and hyaenas as they glided like shadows from one thicket to another.
70. oldal - I was anxiously looking around for the river, one of them called out, geo affilli (see the water); and looking forwards, I saw with infinite pleasure the great object of my mission; the long sought for, majestic Niger, glittering to the morning sun, as broad as the Thames at Westminster, and flowing slowly to the eastward.
72. oldal - They lightened their labour by songs, one of which was composed extempore; for I was myself the subject of it. It was sung by one of the young women, the rest joining in a sort of chorus. 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. Chorus. Let us pity the white man; no mother has he, &c.
32. oldal - ... was not esteemed in Bondou. In return, however, for my company or my compliments (to which by the way, they seemed not so insensible as they affected to be), they presented me with a jar of honey and some fish, which were sent to my lodging; and I was desired to come again to the king a little before sunset.
95. oldal - The burning the grass in Manding exhibits a scene of terrific grandeur. In the middle of the night, I could see the plains and mountains, as far as my eye could reach, variegated with lines of fire; and the light reflected on the sky, made the heavens appear in a blaze.
57. oldal - ... their physiognomy without feeling sensible uneasiness. From the staring wildness of their eyes, a stranger would immediately set them down as a nation of lunatics. The treachery and malevolence of their character are manifested in their plundering excursions against the Negro villages. Oftentimes, without the smallest provocation, and sometimes, under the fairest professions of friendship, they will suddenly seize upon the Negroes' cattle, and even on the inhabitants themselves.
151. oldal - ... at the end of that period a number of men in masks present themselves, and employ all possible means to put his courage to the proof; if he acquits himself with honour he is admitted. The initiated pretend that at this moment they...
70. oldal - I saw with infinite pleasure the great object of my mission — the long - sought - for, majestic Niger, glittering in the morning sun, as broad as the Thames at Westminster and flowing to the eastward. I hastened to the brink, and having drunk of the water, lifted up my fervent thanks to the great Ruler of all things for having thus far crowned my endeavours with success.