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 15
... trees gradually assumed a richer cha- racter , plainly indicating that we were approaching a more favoured district . There was the ngilísi , or ha- méd , a tree very common over the whole eastern part of Negroland , with its small ...
... trees gradually assumed a richer cha- racter , plainly indicating that we were approaching a more favoured district . There was the ngilísi , or ha- méd , a tree very common over the whole eastern part of Negroland , with its small ...
Page 18
... trees began to appear ; and droves of Guinea fowl enlivened the landscape . In order to give the camels a good feed on the rich vegetation produced in this favourable locality , we made even a shorter march than usual , encamping near a ...
... trees began to appear ; and droves of Guinea fowl enlivened the landscape . In order to give the camels a good feed on the rich vegetation produced in this favourable locality , we made even a shorter march than usual , encamping near a ...
Page 20
... trees belonging principally to the species called karáge and baggarúwa . Further on dúm palms became numerous ; and it was the more interesting to me , as I had visited this district , only a few miles further north , during the dry ...
... trees belonging principally to the species called karáge and baggarúwa . Further on dúm palms became numerous ; and it was the more interesting to me , as I had visited this district , only a few miles further north , during the dry ...
Page 27
... trees . All was quiet and repose , there being no traffic whatever on the river , with the exception of a couple of homely travellers , a man and woman , who in the simple native style were crossing the river , riding on a pair of yoked ...
... trees . All was quiet and repose , there being no traffic whatever on the river , with the exception of a couple of homely travellers , a man and woman , who in the simple native style were crossing the river , riding on a pair of yoked ...
Page 33
... trees announced a more fertile district , and a few hundred yards further on we reached the border of one of the great swampy creeks connected with the south - western branch of the komádugu , and intersecting the territory of Bedde ...
... trees announced a more fertile district , and a few hundred yards further on we reached the border of one of the great swampy creeks connected with the south - western branch of the komádugu , and intersecting the territory of Bedde ...
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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