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" Benuwe, flowed here from east to west in a broad and majestic course, through an entirely open country, from which only here and there detached mountains started forth. The banks on our side rose to... "
Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa: Being a Journal of an ... - Page 158
by Heinrich Barth - 1896
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The Methodist Quarterly Review, Volume 43

Methodist Church - 1861 - 716 pages
...receives a considerable affluent from the south. The writer remarks : " The principal river, the B6nu-we, flowed here from east to west in a broad and majestic...there detached mountains started forth. The banks on one side rose twenty-five, and in some places thirty feet, while just opposite to my station, behind...
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Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature, Volume 43

John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1858 - 924 pages
...human industry near the river, as, during its floods, it inundates the whole country on both sides. The principal river — the Be-nuwe — flowed here...mountains started forth. The banks on our side rose to twenty feet, and in some places to thirty feet; while just opposite to my station, behind a pointed...
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Sketches of the African Kingdoms and Peoples

African kingdoms - 1860 - 402 pages
...was quite enchanted, although the whole country bore the character of a desolate wilderness. . . . The principal river, the Benuwe, flowed here from...mountains started forth. The banks on our side rose to 25 and in some places 30 feet, while just opposite to my station, behind a pointed headland of sand,...
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Methodist Magazine and Quarterly Review, Volume 13; Volume 21; Volume 43

Methodist Church - 1861 - 716 pages
...current, flowing from the east, receives a considerable affluent from the south. The writer remarks : " The principal river, the Benu-we, flowed here from...there detached mountains started forth. The banks on one side rose twenty-five, and in some places thirty feet, while just opposite to my station, behind...
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Africa: Geographical Exploration and Christian Enterprise

Alexander Gruar Forbes - Africa - 1874 - 450 pages
...traces of human industry during its floods it inundates the >th sides. The principal river — the L Be-nuwe — flowed here from east to west, in a broad...mountains started forth. The banks on our side rose to twenty feet, while just opposite to my station, behind a pointed headland of sand, the Faro rushed...
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Great African Travellers: From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley

William Henry Giles Kingston - Africa - 1874 - 560 pages
...His feelings may be imagined when he stood at length on the banks of the stream, which here flowed from east to west in a broad and majestic course through...from which only here and there detached mountains rose up in solitary grandeur. Not far off another river, the Faro, rushed forth, not much inferior...
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Africa: The History of Exploration and Adventure as Given in the Leading ...

Charles H. Jones - Africa - 1875 - 582 pages
...during its floods it inundates the whole country on both sides. The principal river — the Benué — flowed here from east to west, in a broad and majestic...mountains started forth. The banks on our side rose to twenty feet, while just opposite to my station, behind a pointed headland of sand, the Fáro rushed...
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The British Quarterly Review, Volume 26

Henry Allon - Christianity - 1857 - 596 pages
...inundates the whole country on both sides. The principal river—the Ue-nuwé—flowed here from cast to west, in a broad and majestic course, through an...mountains started forth. The banks on our side rose to twenty feet, and in some places to thirty feet; while just opposite to my station, behind a pointed...
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Great African Travellers: From Bruce and Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley

William Henry Giles Kingston, Charles Rathbone Low - Africa - 1890 - 548 pages
...His feelings may be imagined when he stood at length on the banks of the stream, which here flowed from east to west in a broad and majestic course through...from which only here and there detached mountains rose up in solitary grandeur. Not far off another river, the Faro, rushed forth, not much inferior...
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Stanley and the White Heroes in Africa: Being an Edition from Mr. Stanley's ...

D. M. Kelsey - Africa, Central - 1890 - 844 pages
...this region, except where they are encompassed by very steep banks. " The principal river, the Benue, flowed here from east to west, in a broad and majestic...through an entirely open country, from which only here aud there detached mountains started forth. The banks on our side rose to twenty-five, and in some...
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