Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa: Being a Journal of an Expedition Undertaken Under the Auspices of H.B.M.'s Government, in the Years 1849-1855, Volume 2Harper & Brothers, 1896 - Africa, Central |
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... scarcely be doubt- ed ; but to many the Berd'oa might seem to have nearer relation with the Tedá or Tébu than with the real Berber or Mazígh . Sultan Béllo certainly , in the introduction to his history of the conquests of the Fúlbe ...
... scarcely be doubt- ed ; but to many the Berd'oa might seem to have nearer relation with the Tedá or Tébu than with the real Berber or Mazígh . Sultan Béllo certainly , in the introduction to his history of the conquests of the Fúlbe ...
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... scarcely one in ten survives it . With extreme delight , Agíd Búrku dwelt upon the unconstrained nudity in which his countrymen indulged , and with great naïveté described a custom of the pagans , which is identical with a custom of the ...
... scarcely one in ten survives it . With extreme delight , Agíd Búrku dwelt upon the unconstrained nudity in which his countrymen indulged , and with great naïveté described a custom of the pagans , which is identical with a custom of the ...
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... scarcely think of undertaking such a costly work . At a later period Mr. Overweg found a layer of shell lime in a spot of our court - yard , and got our house neatly whitewashed . The great point in this place is to protect one's self ...
... scarcely think of undertaking such a costly work . At a later period Mr. Overweg found a layer of shell lime in a spot of our court - yard , and got our house neatly whitewashed . The great point in this place is to protect one's self ...
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... scarcely any body was to be seen in the streets ; but the houses , or rather yards , were full of people , tents having been pitched to accommodate so many visitors , while fine horses looked forth every where over the low fences ...
... scarcely any body was to be seen in the streets ; but the houses , or rather yards , were full of people , tents having been pitched to accommodate so many visitors , while fine horses looked forth every where over the low fences ...
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... scarcely restrain him from firing at these people , who had done us no harm . This was certainly a mere outbreak of fa- naticism . When the people in the boats saw my servant's ex- cited behavior , they left the shore , though numerous ...
... scarcely restrain him from firing at these people , who had done us no harm . This was certainly a mere outbreak of fa- naticism . When the people in the boats saw my servant's ex- cited behavior , they left the shore , though numerous ...
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