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 4Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1858 - Africa, Central |
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... Camels knocked up.- District of Minta . Its Importance . Personal Relations . - The - Bámbara or Hudári . - - Méhedí expected . - The Chief Somki . - - --- CHAP . LXIV . -- - The Network of Creeks , Backwaters , and Lakes belonging to ...
... Camels knocked up.- District of Minta . Its Importance . Personal Relations . - The - Bámbara or Hudári . - - Méhedí expected . - The Chief Somki . - - --- CHAP . LXIV . -- - The Network of Creeks , Backwaters , and Lakes belonging to ...
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... camels , arrived , on the 10th of November , without bringing me any- thing , except the proof of such reckless conduct ; and as I could not afford to lose any more time in waiting for this parcel , I left orders that it should be for ...
... camels , arrived , on the 10th of November , without bringing me any- thing , except the proof of such reckless conduct ; and as I could not afford to lose any more time in waiting for this parcel , I left orders that it should be for ...
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... camels , that even when the country was in the hands of the Bórnu people they used to send their herds there . At length , after a long series of delays , the road to the west became open , and I took leave of the sheikh on the 19th of ...
... camels , that even when the country was in the hands of the Bórnu people they used to send their herds there . At length , after a long series of delays , the road to the west became open , and I took leave of the sheikh on the 19th of ...
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... camels as a present , which stood the fatigue of the journey marvellously , one of them only succumbing on my return journey , three days from Kúkawa , when , seeing that it was unable to proceed , I gave it as a present to a native ...
... camels as a present , which stood the fatigue of the journey marvellously , one of them only succumbing on my return journey , three days from Kúkawa , when , seeing that it was unable to proceed , I gave it as a present to a native ...
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... camels , which were in- trusted to his care , and which in consequence he lost repeatedly . In addition to these servants , I had attached to my CHAP . LIII . THE TWO AFRICANS . 11 person. 10 CHAP . LIII . TRAVELS IN AFRICA .
... camels , which were in- trusted to his care , and which in consequence he lost repeatedly . In addition to these servants , I had attached to my CHAP . LIII . THE TWO AFRICANS . 11 person. 10 CHAP . LIII . TRAVELS IN AFRICA .
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