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 xiv
... Remarkable Fortifications of Kúrrefi Ground - plan of Dúchi - Rúdu , or elevated Sleeping Hut My Quarters in Wurno Ground - plan of Wurno " 9 99 Sókoto Gando View of Gúlumbé - Architecture of Champagóre Front of Residence of Galaijo ...
... Remarkable Fortifications of Kúrrefi Ground - plan of Dúchi - Rúdu , or elevated Sleeping Hut My Quarters in Wurno Ground - plan of Wurno " 9 99 Sókoto Gando View of Gúlumbé - Architecture of Champagóre Front of Residence of Galaijo ...
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... remarkable for bearing almost everywhere the same name . * The underwood was formed by the kálgo and gónda bush , which latter , however , did not seem to bear here that delicious fruit which had so frequently served to refresh my ...
... remarkable for bearing almost everywhere the same name . * The underwood was formed by the kálgo and gónda bush , which latter , however , did not seem to bear here that delicious fruit which had so frequently served to refresh my ...
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... remarkable . The principal buildings consist of baked bricks ; and in the present capital not the smallest approach is made to this more solid mode of architecture . † The dimen- sions of the palace appear to have been very large ...
... remarkable . The principal buildings consist of baked bricks ; and in the present capital not the smallest approach is made to this more solid mode of architecture . † The dimen- sions of the palace appear to have been very large ...
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... remarkable that the area of the town , although thickly overgrown with rank grass , is quite bare of trees , while the wall is closely hemmed in by a dense forest ; and when I entered the ruins , I found them to be the haunt of a couple ...
... remarkable that the area of the town , although thickly overgrown with rank grass , is quite bare of trees , while the wall is closely hemmed in by a dense forest ; and when I entered the ruins , I found them to be the haunt of a couple ...
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... remarkable , the country being undulated in downs of red sand , famous for the cultivation of ground - nuts and beans , both of which constitute a large propor- tion of the food of the inhabitants , so that millet and beans are ...
... remarkable , the country being undulated in downs of red sand , famous for the cultivation of ground - nuts and beans , both of which constitute a large propor- tion of the food of the inhabitants , so that millet and beans are ...
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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