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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... entered into some sort of compromise sanctioned by oath , binding himself that he would respect the ancient institutions , and employ himself for the glory of the country . I shall have to mention a similar custom still prevailing at ...
... entered into some sort of compromise sanctioned by oath , binding himself that he would respect the ancient institutions , and employ himself for the glory of the country . I shall have to mention a similar custom still prevailing at ...
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... entered that capital again with his victorious army , and from that time down to the beginning of the present century Kánem has remained a province of Bórnu , although it was not again made the seat of government . Altogether the 16th ...
... entered that capital again with his victorious army , and from that time down to the beginning of the present century Kánem has remained a province of Bórnu , although it was not again made the seat of government . Altogether the 16th ...
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... entered with spirit into all my proposals , but in a short time all was forgotten . He listened with delight to what little historic- al knowledge I had of these countries , and inquired particularly whether Kánem had really been in ...
... entered with spirit into all my proposals , but in a short time all was forgotten . He listened with delight to what little historic- al knowledge I had of these countries , and inquired particularly whether Kánem had really been in ...
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... entered Ngórnu , the town of " the blessing . " The heat being then very great , 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 ...
... entered Ngórnu , the town of " the blessing . " The heat being then very great , 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 ...
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... entered the place from the side of the lake , it made a very agreeable impression upon me , as it showed evident . signs of ease and comfort , and , instead of being closely packed together , as most of the towns and villages of the ...
... entered the place from the side of the lake , it made a very agreeable impression upon me , as it showed evident . signs of ease and comfort , and , instead of being closely packed together , as most of the towns and villages of the ...
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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