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 12
... entering the fertile plains of Negroland , the thermometer in the morning , a little before sunrise , showing only 9 ° Fahr . above the freezing point . The interior of Africa , so far removed from the influence of the sea ( which is ...
... entering the fertile plains of Negroland , the thermometer in the morning , a little before sunrise , showing only 9 ° Fahr . above the freezing point . The interior of Africa , so far removed from the influence of the sea ( which is ...
Page 14
... 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 constituting the wealth of this ...
... 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 constituting the wealth of this ...
Page 16
... entering the western one , and the populous place was delivered up to all the horrors accompanying the sacking of a town . What with the pleasant character of the country and the friendly disposition of our host , I should have en ...
... entering the western one , and the populous place was delivered up to all the horrors accompanying the sacking of a town . What with the pleasant character of the country and the friendly disposition of our host , I should have en ...
Page 25
... entered the ruins , I found them to be the haunt of a couple of tall ostriches , the only present possessors of this once animated ground : but on the south - west corner , at some distance from the wall , there was a small hamlet . The ...
... entered the ruins , I found them to be the haunt of a couple of tall ostriches , the only present possessors of this once animated ground : but on the south - west corner , at some distance from the wall , there was a small hamlet . The ...
Page 29
... entered that part of the province of Manga which is governed by Kashélla Belál ; and the difference in the character of this tract from the pro- vince of Koyám , which we had just left behind , was remarkable , the country being ...
... entered that part of the province of Manga which is governed by Kashélla Belál ; and the difference in the character of this tract from the pro- vince of Koyám , which we had just left behind , was remarkable , the country being ...
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A'hmed Bábá A'hmedu adorned Alí appearance Arab arrived Bélé belonging bernús Bórnu called camels cattle CHAP character chief clay considerable consisting corn cotton cross cultivated deléb palms distance district dúm palms emír encampment entered forest formed former Fúlbe Gágho Galaijo Gando ghaladíma Góberáwa governor greatly ground Gurma Hamda-Alláhi hamlet Háusa horses huts inhabitants Jolof journey Kábara Kanó Kátsena Kebbi latter Leo Africanus Mandingo Másina miles Mohammed Mohammedan morning Morocco Mósi mosque Mungo Park native Negroland Niger Othmán passed present province Púllo quarters rain rainy season reached region residence river road rocky ruler scarcely seemed sent sheet of water Sheikh Sheikh el Bakáy shells side Sídi situated Sókoto Songhay Songhay empire Songhay language Spanish dollars stay sultan swampy tamarind Tawárek tent Timbúktu tion town tract tribe valley village Waláti wall whole Wurno Zinder