The American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review, Volumes 3-4Horatio Biglow, Orville Luther Holley H. Biglow, 1818 - American literature |
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... Wangara is the Delta of the Gir . Some have believed that the river Kulla , after having followed for sometime a north- west direction , turns south west and joins the sea at Calabar ; but this is improbable , because Mr. Brown has ...
... Wangara is the Delta of the Gir . Some have believed that the river Kulla , after having followed for sometime a north- west direction , turns south west and joins the sea at Calabar ; but this is improbable , because Mr. Brown has ...
Page 211
... Wangara . It may be farther re- marked , that the same substitution of one consonant for another , which changes , Gangara into Wangara , also changes Cassena into Wassena . By a singular combination of facts , that could never be the ...
... Wangara . It may be farther re- marked , that the same substitution of one consonant for another , which changes , Gangara into Wangara , also changes Cassena into Wassena . By a singular combination of facts , that could never be the ...
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... Wangara appears to be the centre of a very wide basin . East of Wangara , and west of the Bahr el Abiadh , or main stream of the Nile , extends ano- ther slope nearly at right angles to that of the Niger . Upon the eastern valley is ...
... Wangara appears to be the centre of a very wide basin . East of Wangara , and west of the Bahr el Abiadh , or main stream of the Nile , extends ano- ther slope nearly at right angles to that of the Niger . Upon the eastern valley is ...
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... Wangara is marked as abounding in lakes and interlocking streams , the usual appendages of an annu- ally inundated region . It is impossible to glance upon this part of the map of Africa without , at once , per- ceiving the true cause ...
... Wangara is marked as abounding in lakes and interlocking streams , the usual appendages of an annu- ally inundated region . It is impossible to glance upon this part of the map of Africa without , at once , per- ceiving the true cause ...
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