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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... faddama of Gazawa , and , leaving the town at a short distance on our right , encamped a little to the south , not far from a fine old tamarind - tree . I was enjoying the shade of this splendid tree , when my friend the serkí - n ...
... faddama of Gazawa , and , leaving the town at a short distance on our right , encamped a little to the south , not far from a fine old tamarind - tree . I was enjoying the shade of this splendid tree , when my friend the serkí - n ...
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... faddama , where , even at this season of the year , a large sheet of water was formed , which , according to the statement of the natives , was full of alligators . The towns also exhibited a considerable degree of industry in their ...
... faddama , where , even at this season of the year , a large sheet of water was formed , which , according to the statement of the natives , was full of alligators . The towns also exhibited a considerable degree of industry in their ...
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... faddama , by way of Zóro , the res- idence of Cháfo , a son of Khalílu ; but it was deemed too unsafe in the present unsettled state of the country , that very town of Zóro , although situated on the north side of the faddama , at pres ...
... faddama , by way of Zóro , the res- idence of Cháfo , a son of Khalílu ; but it was deemed too unsafe in the present unsettled state of the country , that very town of Zóro , although situated on the north side of the faddama , at pres ...
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... faddama at some distance on our right , and kept along rocky ground occasionally broken by patches of fine sandy soil . But we were urgently warned , by people whom we met on our road , of the danger of an approaching ghazzia . This ...
... faddama at some distance on our right , and kept along rocky ground occasionally broken by patches of fine sandy soil . But we were urgently warned , by people whom we met on our road , of the danger of an approaching ghazzia . This ...
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... faddama on one side and the wall of the town on the other , and the gónda , or Erica Papaya , raising its feathery foliage on its slender , virgin- like stem , towered proudly over the wall , as shown in the accom- panying engraving ...
... faddama on one side and the wall of the town on the other , and the gónda , or Erica Papaya , raising its feathery foliage on its slender , virgin- like stem , towered proudly over the wall , as shown in the accom- panying engraving ...
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