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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... Western Provinces of Bórnu Page 1 My Situation at the Death of Mr. Overweg.- Pecuniary Circumstances . -Inroad of the Tawárek . - Take Leave of the Sheikh.- Projects . My Servants . The two freed Africans.- The Méjebri.- Encampment in ...
... Western Provinces of Bórnu Page 1 My Situation at the Death of Mr. Overweg.- Pecuniary Circumstances . -Inroad of the Tawárek . - Take Leave of the Sheikh.- Projects . My Servants . The two freed Africans.- The Méjebri.- Encampment in ...
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... WESTERN PRO- VINCES OF BÓRNU . THE death of Mr. Overweg , happening at a period when the prospects of the mission just began to brighten , induced me to relinquish my original plan of once more trying my fortune in Kánem and on the N.E. ...
... WESTERN PRO- VINCES OF BÓRNU . THE death of Mr. Overweg , happening at a period when the prospects of the mission just began to brighten , induced me to relinquish my original plan of once more trying my fortune in Kánem and on the N.E. ...
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... western river the I'sa , or the so - called Niger , and at the same time to establish friendly relations with the powerful ruler of the empire of Só- kotó , and to obtain full permission for myself or other Europeans to visit the south ...
... western river the I'sa , or the so - called Niger , and at the same time to establish friendly relations with the powerful ruler of the empire of Só- kotó , and to obtain full permission for myself or other Europeans to visit the south ...
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... Western Africa , such as kola nuts and gold , with much less expense and greater security ; and they were thus induced to endeavour to derive a profit even from this my enterprise . The sheikh , who had formed the intention of ...
... Western Africa , such as kola nuts and gold , with much less expense and greater security ; and they were thus induced to endeavour to derive a profit even from this my enterprise . The sheikh , who had formed the intention of ...
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... western coast . For I never formed such a scheme voluntarily , as I regarded it of much greater importance for the go- vernment in whose service I had the honour to be employed , to survey the course of the great river from Timbúktu ...
... western coast . For I never formed such a scheme voluntarily , as I regarded it of much greater importance for the go- vernment in whose service I had the honour to be employed , to survey the course of the great river from Timbúktu ...
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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