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 2Drallop, publishing Company, 1857 - Africa, Central |
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... close of the seventh century of the Hejra ( fi hedúd sennet seb'a mayet ) , the king of Kánem was Háj Ibrahim ; after him reigned his son , El Háj Edrís - the historian does not say that he immediately suc- ceeded his father ; then Dáúd ...
... close of the seventh century of the Hejra ( fi hedúd sennet seb'a mayet ) , the king of Kánem was Háj Ibrahim ; after him reigned his son , El Háj Edrís - the historian does not say that he immediately suc- ceeded his father ; then Dáúd ...
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... close to and probably in the territory of the Soy . After this period we learn nothing with regard to this tribe until the time of Edrís Alawóma , al- though it seems probable that Edris Nikálemi , the successor of Mohammed ben ' Abd ...
... close to and probably in the territory of the Soy . After this period we learn nothing with regard to this tribe until the time of Edrís Alawóma , al- though it seems probable that Edris Nikálemi , the successor of Mohammed ben ' Abd ...
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... close . In this labyrinth of dwellings a man , interested in the many forms which human life presents , may rove about at any time . of the day with the certainty of never - failing amusement , al- though the life of the Kanúri people ...
... close . In this labyrinth of dwellings a man , interested in the many forms which human life presents , may rove about at any time . of the day with the certainty of never - failing amusement , al- though the life of the Kanúri people ...
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... close to this gate . I visited the great fair , " kásukú letenínbe , " every Monday immediately after my arrival , and found it very interesting , as it calls together the inhabitants of all the eastern parts of Bór- nu , the Shúwa and ...
... close to this gate . I visited the great fair , " kásukú letenínbe , " every Monday immediately after my arrival , and found it very interesting , as it calls together the inhabitants of all the eastern parts of Bór- nu , the Shúwa and ...
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... close by it , amply testify . I have already men- tioned in another place the shirts which are dyed in this dis- trict , and which are called " ámaghdí . " When the heat had abated a little I made a pleasant ex- cursion on horseback ...
... close by it , amply testify . I have already men- tioned in another place the shirts which are dyed in this dis- trict , and which are called " ámaghdí . " When the heat had abated a little I made a pleasant ex- cursion on horseback ...
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A'damáwa afternoon Alí Arabs army arrived Bagírmi belonging Bénuwé Berber Bórnu Bulála called camels capital cattle chief clay companions considerable consisting corn course court-yard cultivated Dár-Fúr deléb-palm distance district Dúnama east Edrís encampment expedition feet Felláta forest formed former Fulbe governor groland ground Háj hamlets Hausa horsemen horses huts inhabitants journey Kánem Kánembú Kanó Kanúri Kashélla king Kúka Kúkawa lake large place length Leo Africanus lieutenant governor Logón M'allem M'awó majesty's government mentioned miles Mohammed morning mountain mounted Músgu natives Negroland neighboring noon o'clock obliged obsv'n Omár Overweg pagan passed present prince principal province quarters rain rainy season reached regions reign remarkable residence returned river road scarcely seems seen shade Shárí sheikh shore Shúwa side slaves soon sorghum sultan Tebu tent tion town trees tribe Tsád village vizier Wádáy wadi Wára water-course Welád whole
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Page 122 - which I of course declined, of identifying me with their god "fete," who, they thought, might have come to spend a day with them, to make them forget their oppression and misfortunes. The pagans, however, at length left me when night came on, but the Fulbe girls would not go, or, if they left
Page 145 - of the water was first indicated by numbers of high ant-hills, which, as I shall have occasion to observe more fully in the course of my narrative, abound chiefly in the neighborhood of rivers: they were here ranged in almost parallel lines, and afforded a very curious spectacle.
Page 150 - European influence and commerce will penetrate into the very heart of the continent, and abolish slavery, or, rather, those infamous slave-hunts and religious wars, destroying the natural germs of human happiness which are spontaneously developed in the simple life of the pagans, and spreading devastation and desolation all around. We descended
Page 199 - fighting, and he whose cock prevails in the combat is also the winner in the point of litigation. But more than that, the master of the defeated cock is punished by the divinity whose anger he has thus provoked, and on returning to his village he finds his hut in flames.
Page 383 - Kebbi, there is a natural passage navigable without further obstruction for boats of about four feet in depth, and the Mayo Kebbi itself, in its present shallow state, seems to be navigable for canoes or flatbottomed boats like those of the natives, which I have no doubt may, during the highest state of the
Page 508 - of Arabic literature, but who had even read (nay, possessed a manuscript of) those portions of Aristotle and Plato which had been translated into, or rather Mohammedanized in Arabic, and who possessed the most intimate knowledge of the countries
Page 146 - upward to the steep eastern foot of the Alantika. The river, below the junction, keeping the direction of the principal branch, but making a slight bend to the north, ran along the northern foot of
Page 146 - from this point not much inferior to the principal river, and coming in a fine sweep from the southeast, where it disappeared in the plain, but was traced by me, in thought,
Page 244 - our right was a whole herd of elephants, arranged in regular array like an army of rational beings, slowly proceeding to the water. In front appeared the males, as was evident from their size, in regular order; at a little' distance followed the young ones; in a third