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 3 |
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... BANK OF THE NIGER.— GHÉRGO . - BÁMBA . Real Start . - Leave Ule - Tehárge . - A welcome Parcel . - Gigantic Retem .--- Fe- males of the Welád Moluk . - Peaceable Tolba . - Wild Hog . - Zangway . - The Creeks . - E'm - n - kúris ...
... BANK OF THE NIGER.— GHÉRGO . - BÁMBA . Real Start . - Leave Ule - Tehárge . - A welcome Parcel . - Gigantic Retem .--- Fe- males of the Welád Moluk . - Peaceable Tolba . - Wild Hog . - Zangway . - The Creeks . - E'm - n - kúris ...
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... banks in November , was entirely confirmed by my own experience . . There was a great deal of cul- tivation along this luxuriant border , and even a little cotton was grown ; but a very large amount of the latter article might be ob ...
... banks in November , was entirely confirmed by my own experience . . There was a great deal of cul- tivation along this luxuriant border , and even a little cotton was grown ; but a very large amount of the latter article might be ob ...
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... bank near a very strong bend or elbow of the river , which , a little above , seems to be formed by the two princi- pal branches , the one coming from the country of Bedde , and the other more from the south ; but , notwithstanding the ...
... bank near a very strong bend or elbow of the river , which , a little above , seems to be formed by the two princi- pal branches , the one coming from the country of Bedde , and the other more from the south ; but , notwithstanding the ...
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... bank near a very strong bend or elbow of the river , which , a little above , seems to be formed by the two princi- pal branches , the one coming from the country of Bedde , and the other more from the south ; but , notwithstanding the ...
... bank near a very strong bend or elbow of the river , which , a little above , seems to be formed by the two princi- pal branches , the one coming from the country of Bedde , and the other more from the south ; but , notwithstanding the ...
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... banks of about twenty - five feet in elevation , and , with its rich vegetation , presenting a very interesting spectacle ... bank on this side formed a steep sandy slope , the opposite one was flat , and richly adorned with reeds of ...
... banks of about twenty - five feet in elevation , and , with its rich vegetation , presenting a very interesting spectacle ... bank on this side formed a steep sandy slope , the opposite one was flat , and richly adorned with reeds of ...
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