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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... Quarters . - False Prospects of Home Journey . - First Interview with the Sheikh . - Major Laing . - Presents . - Illness . --Orders from Hamda - Alláhi . - Intrigues successfully overcome . - Night's Watch ........ 299 CHAPTER LXVIII ...
... Quarters . - False Prospects of Home Journey . - First Interview with the Sheikh . - Major Laing . - Presents . - Illness . --Orders from Hamda - Alláhi . - Intrigues successfully overcome . - Night's Watch ........ 299 CHAPTER LXVIII ...
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... quarters , and as a place upon which , in any emergency , I might safely fall back upon ; for al- though I even then expected that I should be obliged to return to this place once more , and even of my own free will made my plans ...
... quarters , and as a place upon which , in any emergency , I might safely fall back upon ; for al- though I even then expected that I should be obliged to return to this place once more , and even of my own free will made my plans ...
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... quarters . Meanwhile , well aware from my own experience how far man generally remains in arrear of his projects , in my letter to government I represented my princi- pal object as only to reach the Niger at the town of Sáy , while all ...
... quarters . Meanwhile , well aware from my own experience how far man generally remains in arrear of his projects , in my letter to government I represented my princi- pal object as only to reach the Niger at the town of Sáy , while all ...
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... quarters , and as a place upon which , in any emergency , I might safely fall back upon ; for al- though I even then expected that I should be obliged to return . to this place once more , and even of my own free will made my plans ...
... quarters , and as a place upon which , in any emergency , I might safely fall back upon ; for al- though I even then expected that I should be obliged to return . to this place once more , and even of my own free will made my plans ...
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... quarters . Meanwhile , well aware from my own experience how far man generally remains in arrear of his projects , in my letter to government I represented my princi- pal object as only to reach the Niger at the town of Sáy , while all ...
... quarters . Meanwhile , well aware from my own experience how far man generally remains in arrear of his projects , in my letter to government I represented my princi- pal object as only to reach the Niger at the town of Sáy , while all ...
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