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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... distance from a well in the midst of the forest , belong- ing to a district called Gágadá . The well was twenty - five fathoms deep , and was frequented during the night by numerous herds of cattle from different parts of the ...
... distance from a well in the midst of the forest , belong- ing to a district called Gágadá . The well was twenty - five fathoms deep , and was frequented during the night by numerous herds of cattle from different parts of the ...
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... distance to the S.E. , inhabited by Koyám , and which bears the same name as this branch of the river , there is a hamlet , consisting of about thirty cottages , inhabited by Fúlbe , or Felláta , of the tribe of the Hillega , the same ...
... distance to the S.E. , inhabited by Koyám , and which bears the same name as this branch of the river , there is a hamlet , consisting of about thirty cottages , inhabited by Fúlbe , or Felláta , of the tribe of the Hillega , the same ...
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... distance close to our tent , and thus enjoyed a very moderate degree of temperature in our open encampment . Saturday , November 27th . I now entered Koyám , with its strag- gling villages , its well - cultivated fields , and its ...
... distance close to our tent , and thus enjoyed a very moderate degree of temperature in our open encampment . Saturday , November 27th . I now entered Koyám , with its strag- gling villages , its well - cultivated fields , and its ...
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... distance from the wall , there was a small hamlet . The way in which the komádugu , assisted probably by artifi- cial means , spreads over this whole region , is very remarkable . The passage of the country at the present season of the ...
... distance from the wall , there was a small hamlet . The way in which the komádugu , assisted probably by artifi- cial means , spreads over this whole region , is very remarkable . The passage of the country at the present season of the ...
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... distance . Besides these two human beings , the river at present was only enlivened by one solitary spoonbill ( or , as it is here called , béja or kedébbu - búnibe ) , ́who , like a king of the water , was proudly swimming up and down ...
... distance . Besides these two human beings , the river at present was only enlivened by one solitary spoonbill ( or , as it is here called , béja or kedébbu - búnibe ) , ́who , like a king of the water , was proudly swimming up and down ...
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