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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... tract of for- est , a third one , of the name of Meggi , consisting mostly of argil laceous soil , and not nearly so interesting as Rédaní . We en- * The depth of the well measured twenty - two fathoms . This is a complaint to which ...
... tract of for- est , a third one , of the name of Meggi , consisting mostly of argil laceous soil , and not nearly so interesting as Rédaní . We en- * The depth of the well measured twenty - two fathoms . This is a complaint to which ...
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... tract of for- est , a third one , of the name of Meggi , consisting mostly of argil- laceous soil , and not nearly so interesting as Rédaní . We en- * The depth of the well measured twenty - two fathoms . + This is a complaint to which ...
... tract of for- est , a third one , of the name of Meggi , consisting mostly of argil- laceous soil , and not nearly so interesting as Rédaní . We en- * The depth of the well measured twenty - two fathoms . + This is a complaint to which ...
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... tract from the province of Koyám , which we had just left behind , was remarkable , the country being undulated in downs of red sand , famous for the cultivation of ground - nuts and beans , both of which constitute a large proportion ...
... tract from the province of Koyám , which we had just left behind , was remarkable , the country being undulated in downs of red sand , famous for the cultivation of ground - nuts and beans , both of which constitute a large proportion ...
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... tract of country , which was neither very picturesque , nor exhibited any great signs of industry among the natives ; but after a stretch of a little more than eleven miles , large , wide - spread- ing tamarind - trees announced a more ...
... tract of country , which was neither very picturesque , nor exhibited any great signs of industry among the natives ; but after a stretch of a little more than eleven miles , large , wide - spread- ing tamarind - trees announced a more ...
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... tract of denser forest , we entered upon deep sandy soil , where the kúka became the sole tree , excluding almost every other kind , with the exception of a few tamarinds , for whose company , as I have observed , the monkey - bread ...
... tract of denser forest , we entered upon deep sandy soil , where the kúka became the sole tree , excluding almost every other kind , with the exception of a few tamarinds , for whose company , as I have observed , the monkey - bread ...
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