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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... morning , a little before sunrise , showing only 9 ° Fahr . above the freezing point . The interior of Africa , so far re- moved from the influence of the sea ( which is warmer in winter than the terra firma ) , forms , with regard to ...
... morning , a little before sunrise , showing only 9 ° Fahr . above the freezing point . The interior of Africa , so far re- moved from the influence of the sea ( which is warmer in winter than the terra firma ) , forms , with regard to ...
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... morning , and enabled me to teach them a useful lesson of being more careful for the future . November 28th . Having taken an early breakfast - an arrange- ment which , in this cold weather , when the appetite even of the European ...
... morning , and enabled me to teach them a useful lesson of being more careful for the future . November 28th . Having taken an early breakfast - an arrange- ment which , in this cold weather , when the appetite even of the European ...
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... morning , a little before sunrise , showing only 9 ° Fahr . above the freezing point . The interior of Africa , so far re- moved from the influence of the sea ( which is warmer in winter than the terra firma ) , forms , with regard to ...
... morning , a little before sunrise , showing only 9 ° Fahr . above the freezing point . The interior of Africa , so far re- moved from the influence of the sea ( which is warmer in winter than the terra firma ) , forms , with regard to ...
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... morning , a little before sunrise , showing only 9 ° Fahr . above the freezing point . The interior of Africa , so far re- moved from the influence of the sea ( which is warmer in winter than the terra firma ) , forms , with regard to ...
... morning , a little before sunrise , showing only 9 ° Fahr . above the freezing point . The interior of Africa , so far re- moved from the influence of the sea ( which is warmer in winter than the terra firma ) , forms , with regard to ...
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... morning , in order to reach the capital of this little hilly country , which forms a very sharp wedge or triangle of con- siderable length , projecting from the heart of Negroland toward the border of the desert , and exhibiting fixed ...
... morning , in order to reach the capital of this little hilly country , which forms a very sharp wedge or triangle of con- siderable length , projecting from the heart of Negroland toward the border of the desert , and exhibiting fixed ...
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