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 vii
... Forest . - A Solitary Limtúni . Bóso . - Garbo . — Lanadėji.— Peculiar Cornstacks . — Songhay Farming Hamlets . Avoid Támkala . - Short Marches . — Tóndifú . — Reach the Niger . - Aspect of the River . Large Canoes . Town and Market of ...
... Forest . - A Solitary Limtúni . Bóso . - Garbo . — Lanadėji.— Peculiar Cornstacks . — Songhay Farming Hamlets . Avoid Támkala . - Short Marches . — Tóndifú . — Reach the Niger . - Aspect of the River . Large Canoes . Town and Market of ...
Page 14
... forests of middle - sized mimosas , which afford food to the numerous herds of camels constituting the wealth of ... forest , belonging to a district called Gágadá . The well was twenty - five fathoms deep , and was frequented during ...
... forests of middle - sized mimosas , which afford food to the numerous herds of camels constituting the wealth of ... forest , belonging to a district called Gágadá . The well was twenty - five fathoms deep , and was frequented during ...
Page 17
... forest , a third one , of the name of Meggi , consisting mostly of argil- laceous soil , and not nearly so interesting as Rédaní . We encamped at length , near a group of three wells , where , once a week , a small market is held . In ...
... forest , a third one , of the name of Meggi , consisting mostly of argil- laceous soil , and not nearly so interesting as Rédaní . We encamped at length , near a group of three wells , where , once a week , a small market is held . In ...
Page 18
... forests , a difficult passage after the rainy season . Fine groups of trees began to appear ; and droves of Guinea fowl enlivened the landscape . In order to give the camels a good feed on the rich vegetation produced in this favourable ...
... forests , a difficult passage after the rainy season . Fine groups of trees began to appear ; and droves of Guinea fowl enlivened the landscape . In order to give the camels a good feed on the rich vegetation produced in this favourable ...
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... forests not less interesting objects for his pursuits than the botanist ; for elephants , several species of antelopes , even including the oryx or tétel , nay , as it would seem , even the large addax , the wild hog , besides an ...
... forests not less interesting objects for his pursuits than the botanist ; for elephants , several species of antelopes , even including the oryx or tétel , nay , as it would seem , even the large addax , the wild hog , besides an ...
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