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 3 |
From inside the book
Results 6-10 of 84
Page 62
... adorned with the finest tamarind - trees I ever saw , which were not only developing their domelike umbra- geous crowns in full splendor , but which were the more beautiful as the fruit was just beginning to ripen . Close to the well a ...
... adorned with the finest tamarind - trees I ever saw , which were not only developing their domelike umbra- geous crowns in full splendor , but which were the more beautiful as the fruit was just beginning to ripen . Close to the well a ...
Page 64
... adorned with dúm palms and fig - trees ; and cultivation was seen to a great extent , belonging to villages of the territory of Gúshi , * which we left on one side . Presently the country became more open , and suddenly I saw before me ...
... adorned with dúm palms and fig - trees ; and cultivation was seen to a great extent , belonging to villages of the territory of Gúshi , * which we left on one side . Presently the country became more open , and suddenly I saw before me ...
Page 66
... adorned with a luxuriant " karáge " -tree . 3. Another rich source in the northern vale . 4. Market - place . slender growth , such as I had not before observed , while the pub- lic place or " fage " of the smaller village was adorned ...
... adorned with a luxuriant " karáge " -tree . 3. Another rich source in the northern vale . 4. Market - place . slender growth , such as I had not before observed , while the pub- lic place or " fage " of the smaller village was adorned ...
Page 68
... adorned the scenery , which in other respects entirely resembled the shores of the sea , a rich pro- fusion of sea - weed being carried to the bank by the billows . Then succeeded a cotton plantation , which evidently was indebt- ed for ...
... adorned the scenery , which in other respects entirely resembled the shores of the sea , a rich pro- fusion of sea - weed being carried to the bank by the billows . Then succeeded a cotton plantation , which evidently was indebt- ed for ...
Page 71
... adorned by a few detached groups of date and deleb palms spreading their feathery foliage by the side of the dúm palms . Leaving then a cotton plantation , stretch- ing out where the ravine widened , we ascended the higher ground , our ...
... adorned by a few detached groups of date and deleb palms spreading their feathery foliage by the side of the dúm palms . Leaving then a cotton plantation , stretch- ing out where the ravine widened , we ascended the higher ground , our ...
Contents
74 | |
76 | |
88 | |
93 | |
99 | |
110 | |
118 | |
135 | |
139 | |
143 | |
148 | |
151 | |
179 | |
181 | |
188 | |
194 | |
197 | |
207 | |
212 | |
223 | |
235 | |
403 | |
413 | |
449 | |
461 | |
479 | |
494 | |
513 | |
534 | |
553 | |
573 | |
592 | |
601 | |
633 | |
639 | |
649 | |
655 | |
683 | |
711 | |
719 | |
764 | |
785 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
A'hmed adorned afternoon Alí appearance Arab arrived Aswánek Bábá Bakáy Bámbara belonging Berber boat Bórnu branch called camels cattle character chief companions considerable consisting corn cross cultivation date palms desert distance district dúm palms emír encampment farther formed former Fulbe Fullán Gágho Gando Gógó governor greatly ground Gurma Háj Hamda-Alláhi hamlet Hausa horses huts inhabitants Jódar journey Kábara Kanó Kátsena Kebbi king ksar Kúkawa latter Mandingo miles morning Morocco Mósi Mungo Park musquitoes native Negroland Niger night o'clock Omár passed present proceeded province quarters rain reached region residence river road rocky sandy downs scarcely seems sent sheet of water sheikh shore side situated Sókoto Songhay Songhay empire Songhay language Spanish dollars sunrise swampy Tawárek Temght tent thunder-storm Timbúktu town tract trees tribe valley village Waláti Welád Weled whole Zínder