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 |
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... encampment . Saturday , November 27th . I now entered Koyám , with its strag- gling villages , its well - cultivated fields , and its extensive forests of middle - sized mimosas , which afford food to the numerous herds A LESSON ...
... encampment . Saturday , November 27th . I now entered Koyám , with its strag- gling villages , its well - cultivated fields , and its extensive forests of middle - sized mimosas , which afford food to the numerous herds A LESSON ...
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... encampment . Saturday , November 27th . I now entered Koyám , with its strag- gling villages , its well - cultivated fields , and its extensive forests of middle - sized mimosas , which afford food to the numerous herds A LESSON ...
... encampment . Saturday , November 27th . I now entered Koyám , with its strag- gling villages , its well - cultivated fields , and its extensive forests of middle - sized mimosas , which afford food to the numerous herds A LESSON ...
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... encampment extremely if I had not been suffering all this time very severely from sore legs , ever since my return from Bagírmi , when I had to cross so many rivers , and was so frequently wet through.t Monday , November 29th . Pursuing ...
... encampment extremely if I had not been suffering all this time very severely from sore legs , ever since my return from Bagírmi , when I had to cross so many rivers , and was so frequently wet through.t Monday , November 29th . Pursuing ...
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... encampment . Hav- ing seen this valley in the dry season , and read so many theories with regard to its connection with the Niger on one side and the Tsád on the other , it was of the highest interest to me to see it at the present time ...
... encampment . Hav- ing seen this valley in the dry season , and read so many theories with regard to its connection with the Niger on one side and the Tsád on the other , it was of the highest interest to me to see it at the present time ...
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... encampment continued almost the whole night long . Thursday , December 16th . With the greater eagerness we started ... encampments . Our direction meanwhile re- mained the same as on the preceding day , being mostly a north- easterly ...
... encampment continued almost the whole night long . Thursday , December 16th . With the greater eagerness we started ... encampments . Our direction meanwhile re- mained the same as on the preceding day , being mostly a north- easterly ...
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