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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... farther aid from the friendship and protection of the Sheikh of Bórnu , and I like- wise fully understood that circumstances might oblige me to make my return by the western coast . For I never formed such a scheme voluntarily , as I ...
... farther aid from the friendship and protection of the Sheikh of Bórnu , and I like- wise fully understood that circumstances might oblige me to make my return by the western coast . For I never formed such a scheme voluntarily , as I ...
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... Farther on dúm palms became numerous ; and it was the more interesting to me , as I had visited this district , only a few miles farther north , during the dry season . Guinea - fowl were so numerous that one could hardly move a step ...
... Farther on dúm palms became numerous ; and it was the more interesting to me , as I had visited this district , only a few miles farther north , during the dry season . Guinea - fowl were so numerous that one could hardly move a step ...
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... Farther on dúm palms became numerous ; and it was the more interesting to me , as I had visited this district , only a few miles farther north , during the dry season . Guinea - fowl were so numerous that one could hardly move a step ...
... Farther on dúm palms became numerous ; and it was the more interesting to me , as I had visited this district , only a few miles farther north , during the dry season . Guinea - fowl were so numerous that one could hardly move a step ...
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... it meant nothing but " he does not want to speak , " or " refuses to answer , " and I then learned on farther inquiry that the real name of the town was Grémarí . late the whole intercourse along this road , being instructed.
... it meant nothing but " he does not want to speak , " or " refuses to answer , " and I then learned on farther inquiry that the real name of the town was Grémarí . late the whole intercourse along this road , being instructed.
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... farther on we reached the border of one of the great swampy creeks connected with the southwestern branch of the komádugu , and intersecting the territory of Bedde , which we had now entered . We kept close along its border , which was ...
... farther on we reached the border of one of the great swampy creeks connected with the southwestern branch of the komádugu , and intersecting the territory of Bedde , which we had now entered . We kept close along its border , which was ...
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