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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... shores of Tsád , as an undertaking too dan- gerous for me in my isolated position , and the results of which could not reasonably be expected to be great , even with the pro- tection of a small force , in a disturbed country , in ...
... shores of Tsád , as an undertaking too dan- gerous for me in my isolated position , and the results of which could not reasonably be expected to be great , even with the pro- tection of a small force , in a disturbed country , in ...
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... shore at the point of junction of the two lakes , while in the water itself , where it first becomes brackish , another kind of weed was seen , called " kumba , " the core of which is likewise eaten by the greater part of the poorer in ...
... shore at the point of junction of the two lakes , while in the water itself , where it first becomes brackish , another kind of weed was seen , called " kumba , " the core of which is likewise eaten by the greater part of the poorer in ...
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... shores of the sea , a rich pro- fusion of sea - weed being carried to the bank by the billows . Then succeeded a ... shore became very difficult to traverse , on account of an outlying branch of the plantation close- ly bordering the ...
... shores of the sea , a rich pro- fusion of sea - weed being carried to the bank by the billows . Then succeeded a ... shore became very difficult to traverse , on account of an outlying branch of the plantation close- ly bordering the ...
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... shore rose to an altitude of from eighty to a hundred feet . I ascended it , but did not obtain a dis- tant view . Near this water - course the cultivation was a little in- terrupted ; but farther on the country became again well culti ...
... shore rose to an altitude of from eighty to a hundred feet . I ascended it , but did not obtain a dis- tant view . Near this water - course the cultivation was a little in- terrupted ; but farther on the country became again well culti ...
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... nothing but " the river , " and which therefore may well continue to be called the Niger ) was gliding along , in a N.N.E. and S.S.W. direction , with a moderate current of about three miles an hour . On the flatter shore opposite.
... nothing but " the river , " and which therefore may well continue to be called the Niger ) was gliding along , in a N.N.E. and S.S.W. direction , with a moderate current of about three miles an hour . On the flatter shore opposite.
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