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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Page 6
... character as a messenger of the British Government would scarcely allow . The sheikh sent me two very fine camels as a present , which stood the fatigue of the journey marvellously , one of them only succumbing on my return journey ...
... character as a messenger of the British Government would scarcely allow . The sheikh sent me two very fine camels as a present , which stood the fatigue of the journey marvellously , one of them only succumbing on my return journey ...
Page 8
... character , and , as a good and pious Moslim , formed a useful link be- tween myself and the Mohammedans ; but he was sometimes extremely whimsical , and , after having written out his contract for my whole journey to the west and back ...
... character , and , as a good and pious Moslim , formed a useful link be- tween myself and the Mohammedans ; but he was sometimes extremely whimsical , and , after having written out his contract for my whole journey to the west and back ...
Page 11
... character as soon as dangers began to sur- round me did not put me in any way out of coun- tenance . These people , besides an Arab , a so - called sheríf , from Fás , who was going as far as Zínder , and who had likewise attached ...
... character as soon as dangers began to sur- round me did not put me in any way out of coun- tenance . These people , besides an Arab , a so - called sheríf , from Fás , who was going as far as Zínder , and who had likewise attached ...
Page 16
... character of the country and the friendly disposition of our host , I should have en- joyed my open encampment extremely , if I had not been suffering all this time very severely from sore legs , ever since my return from Bagírmi , when ...
... character of the country and the friendly disposition of our host , I should have en- joyed my open encampment extremely , if I had not been suffering all this time very severely from sore legs , ever since my return from Bagírmi , when ...
Page 19
... character of the place , I stretched myself out in the shade of a group of majestic tamarind trees , while the man whom I had taken with me as a guide , from the village where we had passed the night , gave me some valuable information ...
... character of the place , I stretched myself out in the shade of a group of majestic tamarind trees , while the man whom I had taken with me as a guide , from the village where we had passed the night , gave me some valuable information ...
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