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 18
... encamped a little outside the track , near the farming village of Gógoró , where the women were busy thresh- ing or ... encamping near a dead branch of the river , which is called Kulúgu Gússum , S.E. from the celebrated lake of Múggobí ...
... encamped a little outside the track , near the farming village of Gógoró , where the women were busy thresh- ing or ... encamping near a dead branch of the river , which is called Kulúgu Gússum , S.E. from the celebrated lake of Múggobí ...
Page 26
... encamped near Zéngirí , was seasoned by some excellent fish from the river . However , I must observe here that the Kanúri in general are not such good hunters as the Háusa people , of whom a consi- derable proportion live by hunting ...
... encamped near Zéngirí , was seasoned by some excellent fish from the river . However , I must observe here that the Kanúri in general are not such good hunters as the Háusa people , of whom a consi- derable proportion live by hunting ...
Page 29
... encamped a few hundred yards to the south of the town of Alaúne , which I had also passed on my former journey . Here we entered that part of the province of Manga which is governed by Kashélla Belál ; and the difference in the ...
... encamped a few hundred yards to the south of the town of Alaúne , which I had also passed on my former journey . Here we entered that part of the province of Manga which is governed by Kashélla Belál ; and the difference in the ...
Page 30
... encamped on the 5th near the extensive village Mámmarí , where the go- vernor of the province at that time resided . * - * To this province , although I do not know by what particular name it is called by the natives , belong the ...
... encamped on the 5th near the extensive village Mámmarí , where the go- vernor of the province at that time resided . * - * To this province , although I do not know by what particular name it is called by the natives , belong the ...
Page 36
... , although it is still tolerably peopled , the groups of conical huts being separated by fences of matting into several quarters . Here we encamped CHAP . LIII . DARING THEFT . 37 on the 36 CHAP . LIII . TRAVELS IN AFRICA .
... , although it is still tolerably peopled , the groups of conical huts being separated by fences of matting into several quarters . Here we encamped CHAP . LIII . DARING THEFT . 37 on the 36 CHAP . LIII . TRAVELS IN AFRICA .
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