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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... remarkable for bearing almost every where the same name . The underwood was formed by the kálgo and gónda bush , which latter , however , did not seem to bear here that delicious fruit which has so fre- quently served to refresh my ...
... remarkable for bearing almost every where the same name . The underwood was formed by the kálgo and gónda bush , which latter , however , did not seem to bear here that delicious fruit which has so fre- quently served to refresh my ...
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... remarkable . The principal buildings consist of baked bricks ; and in the present capital not the small- est approach is made to this more solid mode of architecture . † The dimensions of the palace appear to have been very large , al ...
... remarkable . The principal buildings consist of baked bricks ; and in the present capital not the small- est approach is made to this more solid mode of architecture . † The dimensions of the palace appear to have been very large , al ...
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... remarkable that the area of the town , although thickly overgrown with rank grass , is quite bare of trees , while the wall is closely hemmed in by a dense forest ; and when I entered the ruins , I found them to be the haunt of a couple ...
... remarkable that the area of the town , although thickly overgrown with rank grass , is quite bare of trees , while the wall is closely hemmed in by a dense forest ; and when I entered the ruins , I found them to be the haunt of a couple ...
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... remarkable , the country being undulated in downs of red sand , famous for the cultivation of ground - nuts and beans , both of which constitute a large proportion of the food of the in- habitants , so that millet and beans are ...
... remarkable , the country being undulated in downs of red sand , famous for the cultivation of ground - nuts and beans , both of which constitute a large proportion of the food of the in- habitants , so that millet and beans are ...
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... remarkable for their cleanliness , presented rather a cheerful aspect , the thatch being thickly interwoven with and enlivened by the creepers of various cucurbitaceae , but especially the favorite kobéwa or Melo- pepo . The same ...
... remarkable for their cleanliness , presented rather a cheerful aspect , the thatch being thickly interwoven with and enlivened by the creepers of various cucurbitaceae , but especially the favorite kobéwa or Melo- pepo . The same ...
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