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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Page 63
... observed , and the fan palm was to be seen here and there . Cattle and camels enlivened the country , which presented the appear- ance of one vast field , and was dotted with numerous corn - stacks . I had entertained the hope of being ...
... observed , and the fan palm was to be seen here and there . Cattle and camels enlivened the country , which presented the appear- ance of one vast field , and was dotted with numerous corn - stacks . I had entertained the hope of being ...
Page 66
... observed , while the pub- lic place or " fage " of the smaller village was adorned by a karáge- tree of so rich a growth that it even surpassed , if not in height , at least in the exuberance of its foliage , the finest trees of this ...
... observed , while the pub- lic place or " fage " of the smaller village was adorned by a karáge- tree of so rich a growth that it even surpassed , if not in height , at least in the exuberance of its foliage , the finest trees of this ...
Page 67
... observe that my young Shúwa companion , who was brought up on the shores of the Tsád , immediately rec- ognized , from the species of reeds , the nature of the water on the border of which they grew , as this mixed character of brackish ...
... observe that my young Shúwa companion , who was brought up on the shores of the Tsád , immediately rec- ognized , from the species of reeds , the nature of the water on the border of which they grew , as this mixed character of brackish ...
Page 68
... vegetation ; and I here observed another spring , which broke forth with almost as powerful a stream as that near the southern quarter , and was en- BADAMÚNI . SURVEY OF THE LAKE . - MIʼRRIYA . 68 TRAVELS IN AFRICA .
... vegetation ; and I here observed another spring , which broke forth with almost as powerful a stream as that near the southern quarter , and was en- BADAMÚNI . SURVEY OF THE LAKE . - MIʼRRIYA . 68 TRAVELS IN AFRICA .
Page 71
... observed in the place , its whole appearance exhibiting signs of industry . I could not , how- ever , obtain a sheep , or even as much as a fowl , so that our even- ing's repast was rather poor ; and a very cold easterly wind blow- ing ...
... observed in the place , its whole appearance exhibiting signs of industry . I could not , how- ever , obtain a sheep , or even as much as a fowl , so that our even- ing's repast was rather poor ; and a very cold easterly wind blow- ing ...
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