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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... Branch . Animated Scenery . Town - ― of Banáy . Island of Kóra . - Sanyáre . - of Niger . Majestic Scenery . - -- - Enter the principal Branch CHAP . LXV . Arrival at Kábara . Entrance into Timbúktu Tásakal . - - - 391 Koróme . - Large ...
... Branch . Animated Scenery . Town - ― of Banáy . Island of Kóra . - Sanyáre . - of Niger . Majestic Scenery . - -- - Enter the principal Branch CHAP . LXV . Arrival at Kábara . Entrance into Timbúktu Tásakal . - - - 391 Koróme . - Large ...
Page 15
... branches ; the karáge , or gáwo , now appearing as a small tree of scanty growth , further on spreading out with a large and luxuriant crown not ceding to the ardéb or tamarind - tree ; and the kórna , which , extending over the whole ...
... branches ; the karáge , or gáwo , now appearing as a small tree of scanty growth , further on spreading out with a large and luxuriant crown not ceding to the ardéb or tamarind - tree ; and the kórna , which , extending over the whole ...
Page 18
... branch of the river , which is called Kulúgu Gússum , S.E. from the celebrated lake of Múggobí , which in former times , during the glorious period of the Bórnu empire , consti- CHAP . LIII . GU'SSUM , -FRACTIONS OF TRIBES . 18 CHAP ...
... branch of the river , which is called Kulúgu Gússum , S.E. from the celebrated lake of Múggobí , which in former times , during the glorious period of the Bórnu empire , consti- CHAP . LIII . GU'SSUM , -FRACTIONS OF TRIBES . 18 CHAP ...
Page 21
... branch of the river , there is a hamlet , consisting of about thirty cottages , inhabited by Fúlbe , or Felláta , of the tribe of the Hillega , the same tribe whom we have met in A'damáwa . They seemed to possess a considerable number ...
... branch of the river , there is a hamlet , consisting of about thirty cottages , inhabited by Fúlbe , or Felláta , of the tribe of the Hillega , the same tribe whom we have met in A'damáwa . They seemed to possess a considerable number ...
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... branch of the river ) , we reached , after a march of about three miles , the site of the ancient capital of the Bórnu empire , Ghasr - éggomo , which , as I have stated on a former occasion * , was built by the king ' Alí Ghajidéni ...
... branch of the river ) , we reached , after a march of about three miles , the site of the ancient capital of the Bórnu empire , Ghasr - éggomo , which , as I have stated on a former occasion * , was built by the king ' Alí Ghajidéni ...
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