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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... length succeeded in getting signed by the sheikh of Bórnu and his vizier on the last of August , together with a map of all the parts of Central Africa which I had as yet visited , and containing at the same time all the infor- mation ...
... length succeeded in getting signed by the sheikh of Bórnu and his vizier on the last of August , together with a map of all the parts of Central Africa which I had as yet visited , and containing at the same time all the infor- mation ...
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... length , after a long series of delays , the road to the west became open , and I took leave of the sheikh on the 19th of November , in a private audi- ence , none but the vizier being present . I then found reason to flatter myself ...
... length , after a long series of delays , the road to the west became open , and I took leave of the sheikh on the 19th of November , in a private audi- ence , none but the vizier being present . I then found reason to flatter myself ...
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... length on my noble lion - skin , which formed my general couch during the day , and which was delightfully cool . Friday , This was one of the coldest , or perhaps November 26th . the very coldest night which I experienced in the whole ...
... length on my noble lion - skin , which formed my general couch during the day , and which was delightfully cool . Friday , This was one of the coldest , or perhaps November 26th . the very coldest night which I experienced in the whole ...
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... length , near a group of three wells , where , once a week , a small market is held . In the adjacent hollow a pond is formed in the rainy season . The wells were twenty fathoms in depth . The district through which we passed to- day ...
... length , near a group of three wells , where , once a week , a small market is held . In the adjacent hollow a pond is formed in the rainy season . The wells were twenty fathoms in depth . The district through which we passed to- day ...
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... length we were again in motion ; but our dif ficulties now commenced , the path being extremely winding , deeply hollowed out , and full of water , and leading through the thickest part of the forest- and I had to lament the loss of ...
... length we were again in motion ; but our dif ficulties now commenced , the path being extremely winding , deeply hollowed out , and full of water , and leading through the thickest part of the forest- and I had to lament the loss of ...
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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