 | 1857 - 448 pages
...this point was a most fortunate circumstance. As he looked from the bank over the scene before him, be was quite enchanted, although the whole country bore...except .where they are encompassed by very steep banks. It was Barth's intention to have explored this interesting region ; to have investigated the basin... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1858 - 678 pages
...had promised me that I should just come upon it at thab most interesting locality — the Tepe — where the mightier river is joined by another of very...encompassed by very steep banks. " The principal river, the Benuwd, flowed here from east to west, in a broad, majestic course, through an entirely open country,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1858 - 924 pages
...interesting locality, the Tope, (the junction,) where the mightier river is joined by the rapid Faro." " As I looked from the bank over the scene before me,...floods, it inundates the whole country on both sides. The principal river — the Be-nuwe — flowed here from east to west, in a broad and majestic course,... | |
 | 1868 - 450 pages
...wilderness ; but there could scarcely be any great traces of human industry near the river, as, dur; ing its floods, it inundates the whole country on both...all the great rivers in these regions, except where thoy are encompassed by very steep banks. It was Barth's intention to have explored this interesting... | |
 | William Henry Giles Kingston - Africa - 1874 - 560 pages
...way westward to the Niger, and which it had been Barth's great object to reach. There were no signs of human industry near the river, as, during its floods, it inundates the country on both sides. His feelings may be imagined when he stood at length on the banks of the stream,... | |
 | Charles H. Jones - Africa - 1875 - 582 pages
...they came upon on the 18th of June, just where it is joined by the rapid Fáro. Barth says : — " As I looked from the bank over the scene before me,...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 course,... | |
 | Henry Allon - Christianity - 1857 - 596 pages
...where the ' mightier river is joined by the rapid 1'aro.' ' As I looked from the bank over the scone before me, I was quite enchanted, although the whole...floods, it 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,... | |
 | D. M. Kelsey - Africa, Central - 1890 - 844 pages
...although the whole country bore the character of a desolate wilderness; but there could scarcely be any traces of human industry near the river, as during...is the general character of all the great rivers in this region, except where they are encompassed by very steep banks. " The principal river, the Benue,... | |
 | William Henry Giles Kingston, Charles Rathbone Low - Africa - 1890 - 548 pages
...way westward to the Niger, and which it had been Barth's great object to reach. There were no signs of human industry near the river, as, during its floods, it inundates the country on both sides. His feelings may be imagined when he stood at length on the banks of the stream,... | |
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As I looked from the bank over the scene before me, I was quite enchanted, although the whole country bore the character of a desolate wilderness; but there could scarcely be any great traces of human industry near the river, as, during its floods, it... 
