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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... Fields of Yams.- Bodínga.- Dendi . Shagáli.— Señína . - Character of Gan- do ; Ground Plan . The Sultan Khalílu . — Difficult Transactions.— A'hmed Bábá's History of Songhay . Climate of Gando . Extent of Empire . - - - CHAP . LIX . The ...
... Fields of Yams.- Bodínga.- Dendi . Shagáli.— Señína . - Character of Gan- do ; Ground Plan . The Sultan Khalílu . — Difficult Transactions.— A'hmed Bábá's History of Songhay . Climate of Gando . Extent of Empire . - - - CHAP . LIX . The ...
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... fields , and waving with a luxuriant crop of masákuwa , while the fields of small millet ( Pen- nisetum ) stood in stubble . We encamped near the well Súwa - búwa , or , as it was called by others , Kabubíya , on the gentle slope of the ...
... fields , and waving with a luxuriant crop of masákuwa , while the fields of small millet ( Pen- nisetum ) stood in stubble . We encamped near the well Súwa - búwa , or , as it was called by others , Kabubíya , on the gentle slope of the ...
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... fields , and its extensive forests of middle - sized mimosas , which afford food to the numerous herds of camels constituting the wealth of this African tribe , who in former times , before the Bórnu dynasty was driven away from its ...
... fields , and its extensive forests of middle - sized mimosas , which afford food to the numerous herds of camels constituting the wealth of this African tribe , who in former times , before the Bórnu dynasty was driven away from its ...
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... fields ) and the uninterrupted succession of straggling hamlets left the impression of ease and comfort . But we had great difficulty in find- ing the right track among the number of small foot- paths diverging in every direction ; and ...
... fields ) and the uninterrupted succession of straggling hamlets left the impression of ease and comfort . But we had great difficulty in find- ing the right track among the number of small foot- paths diverging in every direction ; and ...
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... field , the latter ripening later and constituting the richest pasture for cattle and camels . Of grain , Negro millet ( Pen- nisetum typhoideum ) is the species almost exclu- sively cultivated in the country of Manga , sorghum not ...
... field , the latter ripening later and constituting the richest pasture for cattle and camels . Of grain , Negro millet ( Pen- nisetum typhoideum ) is the species almost exclu- sively cultivated in the country of Manga , sorghum not ...
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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