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 vi
... Stay in Kátsena - - - Page 84 Line of Route . Highway Robbers less to be feared than rapacious Governors . An old Acquaintance . — Unusual Mode of drawing Water . Conspicuous Valley , with dense Grove of Dúmpalms . — Ga- záwa again ...
... Stay in Kátsena - - - Page 84 Line of Route . Highway Robbers less to be feared than rapacious Governors . An old Acquaintance . — Unusual Mode of drawing Water . Conspicuous Valley , with dense Grove of Dúmpalms . — Ga- záwa again ...
Page x
... Stay in the Camp . Sand - eating . - Private Life in Camp . - Tediousness of Position . - - - CHAP . LXIX . Political State of the Country . - Dangerous Crisis - 489 Interruption of Caravan Trade . — The Tájakánt . Position of the Fúlbe ...
... Stay in the Camp . Sand - eating . - Private Life in Camp . - Tediousness of Position . - - - CHAP . LXIX . Political State of the Country . - Dangerous Crisis - 489 Interruption of Caravan Trade . — The Tájakánt . Position of the Fúlbe ...
Page 8
... stay in that country . He was a young man of very pleasing manners and straightforward character , and , as a good and pious Moslim , formed a useful link be- tween myself and the Mohammedans ; but he was sometimes extremely whimsical ...
... stay in that country . He was a young man of very pleasing manners and straightforward character , and , as a good and pious Moslim , formed a useful link be- tween myself and the Mohammedans ; but he was sometimes extremely whimsical ...
Page 36
... stay in Yóla , and for the route from Mozambique to the lake Nyanja , or , as it is commonly called , Nyassi . I for a moment hoped that it might be my fate , in the company of this man , to penetrate through the large belt of the un ...
... stay in Yóla , and for the route from Mozambique to the lake Nyanja , or , as it is commonly called , Nyassi . I for a moment hoped that it might be my fate , in the company of this man , to penetrate through the large belt of the un ...
Page 56
... stay until his return from the foray . But as I did not want anything from him , and as the road before me was a long one , I preferred pursuing my journey , taking care , however , to obtain information from him , and from the ...
... stay until his return from the foray . But as I did not want anything from him , and as the road before me was a long one , I preferred pursuing my journey , taking care , however , to obtain information from him , and from the ...
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