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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... a great deal of inconvenience and delay . November 25th , Thursday , It was half - past ten in the morning when I left the town of Kúkawa , which 1852 . CHAP . LIII . PROJECTS . 7 for upwards of 6 CHAP . LIII . TRAVELS IN AFRICA .
... a great deal of inconvenience and delay . November 25th , Thursday , It was half - past ten in the morning when I left the town of Kúkawa , which 1852 . CHAP . LIII . PROJECTS . 7 for upwards of 6 CHAP . LIII . TRAVELS IN AFRICA .
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... half - Arabic name of Birni - Kadím , the " old capital , " - even the Bórnu people in general designating the place only by the name birni , or burni . The town had nearly a regu- lar oval shape , but , notwithstanding the great exagge ...
... half - Arabic name of Birni - Kadím , the " old capital , " - even the Bórnu people in general designating the place only by the name birni , or burni . The town had nearly a regu- lar oval shape , but , notwithstanding the great exagge ...
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... komádugu , which at present was two feet and a half deep , and following almost the same road , encamped the next day in Shechéri , the first village of the district of Búndi . 42 CHAP . LIV . THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRITORY OF MÚNIYÓ.
... komádugu , which at present was two feet and a half deep , and following almost the same road , encamped the next day in Shechéri , the first village of the district of Búndi . 42 CHAP . LIV . THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRITORY OF MÚNIYÓ.
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... half in diameter , on its very border . A short distance off , fresh water is to be found close under the surface , giving life to the vegetation , which bears a character so entirely new in this district ; and I gazed with delight on ...
... half in diameter , on its very border . A short distance off , fresh water is to be found close under the surface , giving life to the vegetation , which bears a character so entirely new in this district ; and I gazed with delight on ...
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... half - silk bernús looked very well , especially as he wore underneath it a red cloth kaftan . The real name of the governor is Kóso , Múniyóma being , as I have stated on a former occasion * , nothing but a general title , meaning the ...
... half - silk bernús looked very well , especially as he wore underneath it a red cloth kaftan . The real name of the governor is Kóso , Múniyóma being , as I have stated on a former occasion * , nothing but a general title , meaning the ...
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