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 v
... Wall of Gesma . Immense Anthills . — Donárí . Reach again Zurríkulo . - - - - - - CHAP . LIV . - - - - - The Mountainous Territory of Múniyó and its Governor - 42 Busy Scene at Ngárruwa . — Well of Berbéruwá . — Notice of Auyók ...
... Wall of Gesma . Immense Anthills . — Donárí . Reach again Zurríkulo . - - - - - - CHAP . LIV . - - - - - The Mountainous Territory of Múniyó and its Governor - 42 Busy Scene at Ngárruwa . — Well of Berbéruwá . — Notice of Auyók ...
Page x
... Wall . - The Different Quarters of the Town . Inhabitants . Another Stay in the Camp . Sand - eating . - Private Life in Camp . - Tediousness of Position . - - - CHAP . LXIX . Political State of the Country . - Dangerous Crisis - 489 ...
... Wall . - The Different Quarters of the Town . Inhabitants . Another Stay in the Camp . Sand - eating . - Private Life in Camp . - Tediousness of Position . - - - CHAP . LXIX . Political State of the Country . - Dangerous Crisis - 489 ...
Page xiv
... Wall of Gesma View of Gúre Ground - plan of Wúshek Ground - plan of Oasis of Badamúni Ground - plan of Zinder Remarkable Fortifications of Kúrrefi Ground - plan of Dúchi - Rúdu , or elevated Sleeping Hut My Quarters in Wurno Ground ...
... Wall of Gesma View of Gúre Ground - plan of Wúshek Ground - plan of Oasis of Badamúni Ground - plan of Zinder Remarkable Fortifications of Kúrrefi Ground - plan of Dúchi - Rúdu , or elevated Sleeping Hut My Quarters in Wurno Ground ...
Page 23
... wall , with six or seven gates ; which , in its present dilapidated state , forms a small ridge , and seems clearly to indicate that , when the town was conquered by the Fúlbe or Felláta , the attack was made from two different sides ...
... wall , with six or seven gates ; which , in its present dilapidated state , forms a small ridge , and seems clearly to indicate that , when the town was conquered by the Fúlbe or Felláta , the attack was made from two different sides ...
Page 25
... wall is closely hemmed in by a dense forest ; and when I entered the ruins , I found them to be the haunt of a couple of tall ostriches , the only present possessors of this once animated ground : but on the south - west corner , at ...
... wall is closely hemmed in by a dense forest ; and when I entered the ruins , I found them to be the haunt of a couple of tall ostriches , the only present possessors of this once animated ground : but on the south - west corner , at ...
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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