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 135
... rain at the time . Mean- while I was pondering over the present which I was to give to this mighty potentate , who had treated me with so much kindness and regard on the first inter- : — view , and on whose friendship and protection K 4.
... rain at the time . Mean- while I was pondering over the present which I was to give to this mighty potentate , who had treated me with so much kindness and regard on the first inter- : — view , and on whose friendship and protection K 4.
Page 157
... rains . The clay hall had been built by A'bú , the elder brother and the predecessor of the present ghaladíma , who greatly surpassed the latter in warlike energy , and who fell in Zánfara during that unfortunate expedition against the ...
... rains . The clay hall had been built by A'bú , the elder brother and the predecessor of the present ghaladíma , who greatly surpassed the latter in warlike energy , and who fell in Zánfara during that unfortunate expedition against the ...
Page 158
... rain ; but I entertained the hope that , before that time , I should be able to set out on my journey . It was market - day , there being a market held here every Monday and Friday , although the great mar- ket of Sokoto , which is much ...
... rain ; but I entertained the hope that , before that time , I should be able to set out on my journey . It was market - day , there being a market held here every Monday and Friday , although the great mar- ket of Sokoto , which is much ...
Page 191
... rain having inspired the inhabitants of the several villages which were scattered about with sufficient confidence to trust their seed to the ground . Having then passed a larger village , called Kaffaráwa , we crossed a considerable ...
... rain having inspired the inhabitants of the several villages which were scattered about with sufficient confidence to trust their seed to the ground . Having then passed a larger village , called Kaffaráwa , we crossed a considerable ...
Page 192
... rain , was just being sown . Further on , the ground continuing undulating , we watered our horses at a rich source of living water which rushed out from the rocks at the side of a small hamlet . We then passed a large and comfortable ...
... rain , was just being sown . Further on , the ground continuing undulating , we watered our horses at a rich source of living water which rushed out from the rocks at the side of a small hamlet . We then passed a large and comfortable ...
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