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 77
... supplies , without which I could scarcely hope to penetrate any great distance westward . The country was more open than it had been the preceding day ; and the larger or smaller eminences were entirely isolated , with the exception of ...
... supplies , without which I could scarcely hope to penetrate any great distance westward . The country was more open than it had been the preceding day ; and the larger or smaller eminences were entirely isolated , with the exception of ...
Page 78
... supply of water collects at a short depth below the surface , fertilizing a good number of tobacco - fields , and giving to the vegetation around a richer character . This is enhanced especially by several groups of date palms , while a ...
... supply of water collects at a short depth below the surface , fertilizing a good number of tobacco - fields , and giving to the vegetation around a richer character . This is enhanced especially by several groups of date palms , while a ...
Page 81
... supply of " síggedí " or coarse reed mats , taking only now and then , in the afternoon , a ride on horseback either round the town or into the large well - wooded valley which stretches along from N.W. to S.E. , at some distance from ...
... supply of " síggedí " or coarse reed mats , taking only now and then , in the afternoon , a ride on horseback either round the town or into the large well - wooded valley which stretches along from N.W. to S.E. , at some distance from ...
Page 82
... for which they were then preparing on a grand scale . It was thus that the parcel above- mentioned , which , in conformity with my arrange- CHAP . LIV . PECUNIARY SUPPLIES . 83 ments , 82 CHAP . LIV . TRAVELS IN AFRICA .
... for which they were then preparing on a grand scale . It was thus that the parcel above- mentioned , which , in conformity with my arrange- CHAP . LIV . PECUNIARY SUPPLIES . 83 ments , 82 CHAP . LIV . TRAVELS IN AFRICA .
Page 83
... SUPPLIES . 83 ments , was sent after me to Zinder by the vizier , and which arrived only a few days after I had left that place , remained there in the hands of the sherif el Fási , and , on his being assassinated in the revolution of ...
... SUPPLIES . 83 ments , was sent after me to Zinder by the vizier , and which arrived only a few days after I had left that place , remained there in the hands of the sherif el Fási , and , on his being assassinated in the revolution of ...
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