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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Page 62
... o'clock in the aft- ernoon , the well situated in the recess of the mountains , but had great difficulty in choosing a spot tolerably free from ants . Here I felt so weak that I did not care either about the ruins of Gábáta or any thing ...
... o'clock in the aft- ernoon , the well situated in the recess of the mountains , but had great difficulty in choosing a spot tolerably free from ants . Here I felt so weak that I did not care either about the ruins of Gábáta or any thing ...
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... o'clock in the morning , through the unsafe wilder- ness which intervenes between the independent Háusa states and that of the Fúlbe . The forest was illumed by a bright moon- light ; and we pursued our march without interruption for ...
... o'clock in the morning , through the unsafe wilder- ness which intervenes between the independent Háusa states and that of the Fúlbe . The forest was illumed by a bright moon- light ; and we pursued our march without interruption for ...
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... o'clock , the con- siderable place Búnka , surrounded by a clay wall about twelve feet in height , and by a half natural , half artificial stockade of dense forest . In this town , the governor of which is directly de- pendent upon the ...
... o'clock , the con- siderable place Búnka , surrounded by a clay wall about twelve feet in height , and by a half natural , half artificial stockade of dense forest . In this town , the governor of which is directly de- pendent upon the ...
Page 131
... o'clock in the afternoon , when I myself proceeded thither . I had taken a ride in the morning through the south- eastern quarter of the town , proceeding through the kófa - n - ' Atíku , thence along the wall , toward the west , and.
... o'clock in the afternoon , when I myself proceeded thither . I had taken a ride in the morning through the south- eastern quarter of the town , proceeding through the kófa - n - ' Atíku , thence along the wall , toward the west , and.
Page 140
... o'clock when we left the kófa - n - Tarámnia , which , though the widest of the gates of the town , did not allow my two largest boxes to pass without damage . A grandson of Módibo ' Alí , together with Shekho , the chief of the ...
... o'clock when we left the kófa - n - Tarámnia , which , though the widest of the gates of the town , did not allow my two largest boxes to pass without damage . A grandson of Módibo ' Alí , together with Shekho , the chief of the ...
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