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
... Road . - New Companions . — Tilli . — A Day in the Wilderness . - Site of Bírni - n - Débe . - Dallul Máuri . Shallow Vales . The Valley of Fógha . — The Salt of Fógha . - Cha- racter of Fógha People.— Importance of Fógha in ...
... Road . - New Companions . — Tilli . — A Day in the Wilderness . - Site of Bírni - n - Débe . - Dallul Máuri . Shallow Vales . The Valley of Fógha . — The Salt of Fógha . - Cha- racter of Fógha People.— Importance of Fógha in ...
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... road which I had before me was long , leading through the territories of a great many dif * This is the map which was published by Mr. Petermann , in the account of the progress of the Expedition to Central Africa , adding from Mr ...
... road which I had before me was long , leading through the territories of a great many dif * This is the map which was published by Mr. Petermann , in the account of the progress of the Expedition to Central Africa , adding from Mr ...
Page 4
... road to Zínder ; I also expected to receive at that place a few new instruments , as the greater part of my thermometers were broken , and I had no instrument left for making hypsometrical observations . An inroad on a large scale , of ...
... road to Zínder ; I also expected to receive at that place a few new instruments , as the greater part of my thermometers were broken , and I had no instrument left for making hypsometrical observations . An inroad on a large scale , of ...
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... road , but the whole on my successful return to Haúsa . ' Abd - Alláhi was likewise mounted on horseback , but had only a salary of two dollars , and a present of twenty dollars . Then came Mohammed ben A'hmed , the fellow of whom I ...
... road , but the whole on my successful return to Haúsa . ' Abd - Alláhi was likewise mounted on horseback , but had only a salary of two dollars , and a present of twenty dollars . Then came Mohammed ben A'hmed , the fellow of whom I ...
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... road no water was to be had , we encamped a little outside the track , near the farming village of Gógoró , where the women were busy thresh- ing or pounding their corn , which was lying in large heaps , while the men were idling about ...
... road no water was to be had , we encamped a little outside the track , near the farming village of Gógoró , where the women were busy thresh- ing or pounding their corn , which was lying in large heaps , while the men were idling about ...
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