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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... soon as I should have left Zinder behind me , I could not expect to find fresh supplies , the sum of money which I had received on my return from Bagírmi being almost all spent in paying the debts . which we had incurred when left ...
... soon as I should have left Zinder behind me , I could not expect to find fresh supplies , the sum of money which I had received on my return from Bagírmi being almost all spent in paying the debts . which we had incurred when left ...
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... soon to leave for Zínder , and which , though it held out the prospect of a little more security , would have exposed me to a great deal of inconvenience and delay . November 25th , Thursday , It was half - past ten in the morning when ...
... soon to leave for Zínder , and which , though it held out the prospect of a little more security , would have exposed me to a great deal of inconvenience and delay . November 25th , Thursday , It was half - past ten in the morning when ...
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... soon as dangers began to sur- round me did not put me in any way out of coun- tenance . These people , besides an Arab , a so - called sheríf , from Fás , who was going as far as Zínder , and who had likewise attached himself to my ...
... soon as dangers began to sur- round me did not put me in any way out of coun- tenance . These people , besides an Arab , a so - called sheríf , from Fás , who was going as far as Zínder , and who had likewise attached himself to my ...
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... soon convinced myself that it meant nothing but " he does not want to speak , " or " refuses to answer , " and I then learnt on further inquiry that the real name of the town was Grémarí . CHAP . LIII . BORZA'RI . 33 vent the ...
... soon convinced myself that it meant nothing but " he does not want to speak , " or " refuses to answer , " and I then learnt on further inquiry that the real name of the town was Grémarí . CHAP . LIII . BORZA'RI . 33 vent the ...
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... soon to succumb to the effects of the climate of Negroland . - Three miles further on , turning a little more south- ward from our westerly direction , we reached the town of Géshiya , once a strong place and surrounded by a clay wall ...
... soon to succumb to the effects of the climate of Negroland . - Three miles further on , turning a little more south- ward from our westerly direction , we reached the town of Géshiya , once a strong place and surrounded by a clay wall ...
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