Historical Account of Discoveries and Travels in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time; Including the Substance of Dr. Leyden's Work on that Subject, 1. kötetA. Constable, 1818 |
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102. oldal
... rocks descend numerous streams , some fresh , others salt ; the latter of which are supposed , probably by the mere power of imagination , to ebb and flow along with the sea . No description is given of the nature of the rock ; but the ...
... rocks descend numerous streams , some fresh , others salt ; the latter of which are supposed , probably by the mere power of imagination , to ebb and flow along with the sea . No description is given of the nature of the rock ; but the ...
103. oldal
... rocks and bushes , through which , without a guide , it would have been alto- gether impossible to penetrate . The guides led them to the foot of a lofty rock , which , to their eyes , appeared altogether inaccessible . Their negroes ...
... rocks and bushes , through which , without a guide , it would have been alto- gether impossible to penetrate . The guides led them to the foot of a lofty rock , which , to their eyes , appeared altogether inaccessible . Their negroes ...
151. oldal
... rocks and woods , and against which there broke so violent a surf , that it might be seen at the distance of four leagues . After sailing with great caution he found the river St Vincent , which was difficult indeed to enter ; but ...
... rocks and woods , and against which there broke so violent a surf , that it might be seen at the distance of four leagues . After sailing with great caution he found the river St Vincent , which was difficult indeed to enter ; but ...
171. oldal
... with " tracks as large as London highway . " On the 12th , they came to the falls of Barraconda , where ridges of rocks , barring the river , prevent the far- ( 6 ther influx of the trade . By winding , however JOBSON'S VOYAGE . 171.
... with " tracks as large as London highway . " On the 12th , they came to the falls of Barraconda , where ridges of rocks , barring the river , prevent the far- ( 6 ther influx of the trade . By winding , however JOBSON'S VOYAGE . 171.
172. oldal
... rocks ; nor could they , in the heat of the day , undertake the labour of dragging forward the boat . Their navigation was therefore confined to two or three hours in the morning and even- ing . The shallows and sand banks became fre ...
... rocks ; nor could they , in the heat of the day , undertake the labour of dragging forward the boat . Their navigation was therefore confined to two or three hours in the morning and even- ing . The shallows and sand banks became fre ...
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Africa Agadez appeared Arabs arrived Bambarra Bambouk banks began boat Bornou Brue called camels canoes Cape Captain Tuckey caravan carried Cassina Chenoo chief chiefly Christian cloth coast Congo consisted contained covered Damel Darfûr desert discovery distance Egypt English entirely European expedition extremely father favour Fezzan formed Foulahs French Gallam Gambia gold ground Herodotus Horneman horse immediately inhabitants interior Jobson journey Kaarta Kasson king kingdom Kordofan Mahometan Mandingo manner Marabout Marocco ment merchants Merolla miles missionaries Mogadore monarch Moorish Moors mountains narch narrative natives navigation negroes neighbouring Niger observed Park party passed person Podor Portuguese present prince proceeded procured reached received region residence Rhapta river rocks route sail sand saphie seems Sego seized Senegal sent shewed shore Sidi situated slaves soon sovereign species tion Tombuctoo town trade traveller trees tribes Tripoli vessel village voyage Wangara whole wild
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481. oldal - I shall only observe that no event which took place during the journey, ever threw the smallest gloom over my mind, till I laid Mr. Anderson in the grave. I then felt myself, as if left a second time lonely and friendless amidst the wilds of Africa.
378. 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.
309. oldal - Not haughty, nor arrogant, not supercilious, they are full of courtesy, and fond of society; more liable, in general, to err, than man ; but in general, also, more virtuous, and performing more good actions than he.
485. oldal - ... threw every thing they had in the canoe into the river, and kept firing; but being overpowered by numbers and fatigue, and unable to keep up the canoe against the current, and no probability of escaping, Mr. Park took hold of one of the white men, and jumped into the water; Martyn did the same, and they were drowned in the stream in attempting to escape.
391. 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!
310. oldal - I have known both hunger and nakedness to the utmost extremity of human suffering. I have known what it is to have food given me as charity to a madman ; and I have at times been obliged to shelter myself under the miseries of that character, to avoid a heavier calamity. My distresses have been greater than I have owned, or ever will own, to any man. Such evils are terrible to bear ; but they never yet had power to turn me from my purpose.
303. oldal - Before I had learned from the note the name and business of my visitor, I was struck with the manliness of his person, the breadth of his chest, the openness of his countenance, and the inquietude of his eye.
309. oldal - Sweden, frozen Lapland, rude and churlish Finland, unprincipled Russia, and the wide-spread regions of the wandering Tartar, if hungry, dry, cold, wet, or sick, woman has ever been friendly to me, and uniformly so ; and to add to this virtue, so worthy of the appellation of benevolence, these actions have been performed in so free and so kind a manner, that if I was dry I drank the sweet draught, and if hungry ate the coarse morsel, with a double relish.
473. oldal - ... M'Keal appears to be slightly delirious). We kept ascending the mountains to the south of Toniba till three o'clock, at which time, having gained the summit of the ridge which separates the Niger from the remote branches of the Senegal, I went on a little before ; and coming to the brow of the hill, I once more saw the Niger rolling its immense stream along the plain!
484. oldal - The king immediately ordered me to be put in irons ; which was accordingly done, and every thing I had taken from me : some were for killing me, and some for preserving my life. The next morning early, the King sent an army to a village called Boussa, near the river side — There is before this village a rock across the whole breadth of the river.