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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... TIMBUKTU . - THE HILLY NORTH - 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 ...
... TIMBUKTU . - THE HILLY NORTH - 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 ...
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... TIMBÚKTU . Saturday , WE left Sebba the capital of the wilderness- bírni - n - dáji , as I called it , -passing through a July 9th . district where forest and cultivated ground alternated . The slaves were busy in the fields rooting up ...
... TIMBÚKTU . Saturday , WE left Sebba the capital of the wilderness- bírni - n - dáji , as I called it , -passing through a July 9th . district where forest and cultivated ground alternated . The slaves were busy in the fields rooting up ...
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... Timbuktu , whence he had roved about a great deal among the Tawárek as well as among the Fúlbe , and was at present ... Timbúktu , ten drå being reckoned equal to one hundred shells . Besides Arabic , he spoke Fulfulde , Songhay , Mósi ...
... Timbuktu , whence he had roved about a great deal among the Tawárek as well as among the Fúlbe , and was at present ... Timbúktu , ten drå being reckoned equal to one hundred shells . Besides Arabic , he spoke Fulfulde , Songhay , Mósi ...
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... Timbuktu ; this is the " faráwel , " or " feruwál , " as it is called by the Arabs , a long narrow strip of cotton cloth sewn together from a number of pieces , and supposed to measure thirty - two dra , though in reality the measure ...
... Timbuktu ; this is the " faráwel , " or " feruwál , " as it is called by the Arabs , a long narrow strip of cotton cloth sewn together from a number of pieces , and supposed to measure thirty - two dra , though in reality the measure ...
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... Timbuktu and Jimbálla have been deprived of these * El Bekri , " Description de l'Afrique , " Arabe texte , published by Macguckin de Slane , p . 183 . CHAP . LXII . HABITS OF INDUSTRY . 313 their 312 CHAP . LXI . TRAVELS IN AFRICA .
... Timbuktu and Jimbálla have been deprived of these * El Bekri , " Description de l'Afrique , " Arabe texte , published by Macguckin de Slane , p . 183 . CHAP . LXII . HABITS OF INDUSTRY . 313 their 312 CHAP . LXI . TRAVELS IN AFRICA .
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