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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... sheikh of Bórnu and his vizier on the last of August , together with a map of all the parts of Central Africa which I had as yet visited , and containing at the same time all the infor- mation which I had been able to collect concerning ...
... sheikh of Bórnu and his vizier on the last of August , together with a map of all the parts of Central Africa which I had as yet visited , and containing at the same time all the infor- mation which I had been able to collect concerning ...
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... sheikh on the 19th of November , in a private audi- ence , none but the vizier being present . I then found reason to flatter myself that , from the manner in * See Vol . II . p . 272 . CHAP . LIII . TAKE LEAVE OF THE SHEIKH . 4 CHAF ...
... sheikh on the 19th of November , in a private audi- ence , none but the vizier being present . I then found reason to flatter myself that , from the manner in * See Vol . II . p . 272 . CHAP . LIII . TAKE LEAVE OF THE SHEIKH . 4 CHAF ...
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... SHEIKH . 5 which I had explained to them the motives which had induced me to undertake a journey to the chiefs of the Fúlbe or Felláta , there were no grounds of sus- picion remaining between us , although they made it a point that I ...
... SHEIKH . 5 which I had explained to them the motives which had induced me to undertake a journey to the chiefs of the Fúlbe or Felláta , there were no grounds of sus- picion remaining between us , although they made it a point that I ...
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... sheikh , who had formed the intention of undertaking a journey to Mekka , wanted me to procure for him some gold in Timbúktu ; but , uncertain as were my prospects , and difficult as would be my situation , I could not guarantee such a ...
... sheikh , who had formed the intention of undertaking a journey to Mekka , wanted me to procure for him some gold in Timbúktu ; but , uncertain as were my prospects , and difficult as would be my situation , I could not guarantee such a ...
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... sheikh of Bórnu , and I likewise fully understood that circumstances might oblige me to make my return by the western coast . For I never formed such a scheme voluntarily , as I regarded it of much greater importance for the go ...
... sheikh of Bórnu , and I likewise fully understood that circumstances might oblige me to make my return by the western coast . For I never formed such a scheme voluntarily , as I regarded it of much greater importance for the go ...
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