| Mungo Park - 1799 - 524 oldal
...the withered stubble that the Moors feed their cattle, until the return of the rains. . The burning the grass in Manding exhibits a scene of terrific grandeur. In the middle of the night, I could see the plains and mpuntains, as far as my eye could reach, variegated with lines of fire;... | |
| 1799 - 614 oldal
...withered stubble that the .Moore feed their cattle, until the return of the rains. The burning th« grass in Manding exhibits a scene of terrific grandeur. In the middle of the night, I could sec the plains and mountains, as far as my eye could reach, variegated with lines of fire ;... | |
| Mungo Park - 1807 - 594 oldal
...the withered stubble that the Moors feed their cattle, until the return of the rains. The burning * the grass in Manding exhibits a scene of terrific grandeur. In the middle of the night, I could see the plains and. C cs • • •. / mountains, as far as my eye could reach, variegated... | |
| Mungo Park - 1813 - 374 oldal
...the withered stubble, •that the Moors feed their cattle until the return ot the rains. 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,... | |
| Mungo Park - 1816 - 576 oldal
...upon the withered stubble that the Moors feed their cattle, until the return of the rains. The burning the grass in Manding exhibits a scene of terrific grandeur. In the middle of the night, I could see the plains and Cc» mountains, as far as my eye could reach, variegated with lines of fire... | |
| Catherine Hutton - 1821 - 602 oldal
...themselves to be the happiest ; and they pity the state of others, who are placed in other situations. When the grass is sufficiently dry, the Mandingoes...conflagration is soon followed by .a delightful verdure. Gold in grains, from the size of a pin's head to that of a pea, is found in considerable quantities... | |
| James Rennell - 1830 - 514 oldal
...Manding, and Hanno's on the opposite coast 2. ' " The burning of the grass, in Manding (says Mr. Park,) 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 ;... | |
| James Rennell - 1830 - 500 oldal
...Manding, and Hanno's on the opposite coast 2. * " The burning of the grass, in Manding (says Mr. Park,) 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 ofjire ;... | |
| Mungo Park - 1860 - 434 oldal
...stubble that the Moors feed their cattle until the return of the rains. The burning the grass in Mandiug 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 tire,... | |
| Henry Cadwallader Adams - 1883 - 412 oldal
...description of them which exactly tallies with that of Hanno. "The burning of the grass," he writes, " exhibits a scene of terrific grandeur. In the middle of the night I could see the plains and mountains, as far as the eye could reach, variegated with lines of fire,... | |
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