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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13. oldal
... wives ; these have each a separate house within the same inclosure ; and the extent of his inclosure is the indication of his consequence , and his title to the respect of his neighbours . From the vicinity of Geba the Moorish priests ...
... wives ; these have each a separate house within the same inclosure ; and the extent of his inclosure is the indication of his consequence , and his title to the respect of his neighbours . From the vicinity of Geba the Moorish priests ...
22. oldal
... wife has a separate hut , and all the huts belonging to the same family are surrounded by a fence of split bamboo , of wicker work . A number of these inclosures , with nar- WALLI . 23 row passages between then , form a 22 VINTAIN .
... wife has a separate hut , and all the huts belonging to the same family are surrounded by a fence of split bamboo , of wicker work . A number of these inclosures , with nar- WALLI . 23 row passages between then , form a 22 VINTAIN .
30. oldal
... wife , was so in- humanly murdered , did the same . We had not been more than an hour with our host , when I re- ceived a message from Al Mami , [ The King ] of Bondou , desiring to see me immediately , if I were not too much fatigued ...
... wife , was so in- humanly murdered , did the same . We had not been more than an hour with our host , when I re- ceived a message from Al Mami , [ The King ] of Bondou , desiring to see me immediately , if I were not too much fatigued ...
32. oldal
... wives , in quality of a physician . I had no sooner entered the court appropriated to these ladies , than they all surrounded me , to the number of ten or twelve ; most of them young and handsome , and all wearing on their heads ...
... wives , in quality of a physician . I had no sooner entered the court appropriated to these ladies , than they all surrounded me , to the number of ten or twelve ; most of them young and handsome , and all wearing on their heads ...
54. oldal
... wife , who was some days journey to the northward , to the camp at Benowm . He took with him , for the sus tenance of himself and his followers by the way , the flesh of an ox , cut in thin slices , and dried in the sun , and two bags ...
... wife , who was some days journey to the northward , to the camp at Benowm . He took with him , for the sus tenance of himself and his followers by the way , the flesh of an ox , cut in thin slices , and dried in the sun , and two bags ...
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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.