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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7. oldal
... wood , but devours such as is in a state of decay ; removing an immense load of putrid vegetable substances that are an obstacle to vegetation and the circulation of air . In a few weeks these insects will consume the bodies of large ...
... wood , but devours such as is in a state of decay ; removing an immense load of putrid vegetable substances that are an obstacle to vegetation and the circulation of air . In a few weeks these insects will consume the bodies of large ...
17. oldal
... wood , and the spaces between the beams are filled up , and the building covered inside and out with . a kind of ... wooden lock , the forms and secrets of which are various . The other inclosure is the burying - ground , which is ...
... wood , and the spaces between the beams are filled up , and the building covered inside and out with . a kind of ... wooden lock , the forms and secrets of which are various . The other inclosure is the burying - ground , which is ...
19. oldal
... wood about four feet high , leaving a space of about sixty feet in diameter . The king , his uncle , and myself were placed on the stage , the great men within the inclosure ; and the common people , to the number of 10,000 , without it ...
... wood about four feet high , leaving a space of about sixty feet in diameter . The king , his uncle , and myself were placed on the stage , the great men within the inclosure ; and the common people , to the number of 10,000 , without it ...
20. oldal
... wood of Lamaya , which is about two miles from the town . This wood is six miles in circumference ; the trees are fifty feet dis- tant from each other , and the trunks rise sixty feet without a branch ; yet their heads inter- mingle ...
... wood of Lamaya , which is about two miles from the town . This wood is six miles in circumference ; the trees are fifty feet dis- tant from each other , and the trunks rise sixty feet without a branch ; yet their heads inter- mingle ...
22. oldal
... wood , but with a little atten- tion , it yields abundant pasturage , and crops of grain . During the rainy season , the rain falls in torrents at Pisania , and the heat is suffocating . In the night , the croaking of innumerable frogs ...
... wood , but with a little atten- tion , it yields abundant pasturage , and crops of grain . During the rainy season , the rain falls in torrents at Pisania , and the heat is suffocating . In the night , the croaking of innumerable frogs ...
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Agadeer 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 days journey Desert distance dress Emperor entered European feet Fezzan following day Foolahs Foota Jallon Foota Toro four Galam Gambia gate goats gold ground 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 negroes passed the night persons plain prince proceeded reached river Sahara salt sand Seedy Hamed Sego Senegal Shabeeny Sheik side silk silver skins slaves sovereign stone Sultan Suse Teembo tent Timbuctoo Tlemsen town travelled trees tribe Tripoli Tunis twenty valley village walls wife women wood
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71. 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 (Chorus).
68. oldal - I was anxiously looking around for the river, one of them called out, geo affili (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.
96. 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.
31. 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.
30. 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.
93. 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.
70. oldal - He immediately sent over one of his chief men, who informed me that the king could not possibly see me until he knew what had brought me into his country ; and that I must not presume to cross the river without the king's permission.
55. 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.
143. 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...