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
... Valley , with dense Grove of Dúmpalms . — Ga- záwa again . The Ex - governor and rebel Chief Sadíku . - Night's March . Arrival before Kátsena . - Interview with the Governor . - The Ghaladíma of Sokoto . — New Stores laid in in Kátsena ...
... Valley , with dense Grove of Dúmpalms . — Ga- záwa again . The Ex - governor and rebel Chief Sadíku . - Night's March . Arrival before Kátsena . - Interview with the Governor . - The Ghaladíma of Sokoto . — New Stores laid in in Kátsena ...
Page vii
... Valley of 204 ― - Leave Gando.- Extensive Rice - Grounds . — Kámbasa . Swampy Valley with Rice - Grounds . - Gaúmaché . - Unsafe State of the Country . - Gúlumbé , rich Vegetation . - Solitary Pilgrim.- Kardi . - Hausáwa.— Bírni - n ...
... Valley of 204 ― - Leave Gando.- Extensive Rice - Grounds . — Kámbasa . Swampy Valley with Rice - Grounds . - Gaúmaché . - Unsafe State of the Country . - Gúlumbé , rich Vegetation . - Solitary Pilgrim.- Kardi . - Hausáwa.— Bírni - n ...
Page xiii
... Valley of Fógha 9. The I'sa ( Niger ) at Say 10. Songhay Village 11. Mountains of Hómbori 12. Niger at Koróme 13. Arrival at Kábara 14 Entrance into Timbúktu To face Frontispiece . · to face 27 47 " " 23 49 59 62 73 دو 179 99 226 ...
... Valley of Fógha 9. The I'sa ( Niger ) at Say 10. Songhay Village 11. Mountains of Hómbori 12. Niger at Koróme 13. Arrival at Kábara 14 Entrance into Timbúktu To face Frontispiece . · to face 27 47 " " 23 49 59 62 73 دو 179 99 226 ...
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... valleys of the province of Múniyó , which are so favourable to the breeding of camels , that even when the country was in the hands of the Bórnu people they used to send their herds there . At length , after a long series of delays ...
... valleys of the province of Múniyó , which are so favourable to the breeding of camels , that even when the country was in the hands of the Bórnu people they used to send their herds there . At length , after a long series of delays ...
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... valley , amidst a thick belt of the rankest vegetation , before we reached the real channel , which wound along in a meander- ing course inclosed between sandy banks of about twenty - five feet in elevation , and , with its rich vege ...
... valley , amidst a thick belt of the rankest vegetation , before we reached the real channel , which wound along in a meander- ing course inclosed between sandy banks of about twenty - five feet in elevation , and , with its rich vege ...
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