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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Page v
... Encampment in Kalíluwá . - Great Cold . - Súwa Búwa . - District of Koyám.- The old Inhabitant of Birni . - Fertile Districts . The farming Village . -The Drain of the Komádugu . — Fractions of Tribes . — Character of the Komádugu ...
... Encampment in Kalíluwá . - Great Cold . - Súwa Búwa . - District of Koyám.- The old Inhabitant of Birni . - Fertile Districts . The farming Village . -The Drain of the Komádugu . — Fractions of Tribes . — Character of the Komádugu ...
Page ix
... Encampments South of the Niger.- Lakes and Backwaters of the Great River - - - ˇ ix Page 338 - Visit Encampment . - Tawárek Tents and Comforts . - A Cascade . Apparel . Conduct of El Waláti . - District of Imeggélelé . - Native Horse ...
... Encampments South of the Niger.- Lakes and Backwaters of the Great River - - - ˇ ix Page 338 - Visit Encampment . - Tawárek Tents and Comforts . - A Cascade . Apparel . Conduct of El Waláti . - District of Imeggélelé . - Native Horse ...
Page 12
... Indian oceans . We were all greatly affected by the cold . But it did us a great deal of good , invigorating our frames after the enervating CHAP . LIII . THE FIRST ENCAMPMENT . 13 influence 12 CHAP LIII . TRAVELS IN AFRICA .
... Indian oceans . We were all greatly affected by the cold . But it did us a great deal of good , invigorating our frames after the enervating CHAP . LIII . THE FIRST ENCAMPMENT . 13 influence 12 CHAP LIII . TRAVELS IN AFRICA .
Page 13
... ENCAMPMENT . 13 influence of the climate of Kúkawa . We did not set out , however , before the sun had begun to impart to the atmosphere a more genial character , when we proceeded on our journey westward . The coun- try which I ...
... ENCAMPMENT . 13 influence of the climate of Kúkawa . We did not set out , however , before the sun had begun to impart to the atmosphere a more genial character , when we proceeded on our journey westward . The coun- try which I ...
Page 14
... encampment . Saturday , I now entered Koyám , with its strag- November 27th . gling villages , its well - cultivated fields , and its extensive forests of middle - sized mimosas , which afford food to the numerous herds of camels ...
... encampment . Saturday , I now entered Koyám , with its strag- November 27th . gling villages , its well - cultivated fields , and its extensive forests of middle - sized mimosas , which afford food to the numerous herds of camels ...
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