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, Volum 4Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1858 |
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... becoming excessively barren and hot . On reaching the town of Borzári , I preferred encamp- ing outside , although there was not the least shade ; my heavy luggage and my numerous party ren- dering quarters inside the town rather ...
... becoming excessively barren and hot . On reaching the town of Borzári , I preferred encamp- ing outside , although there was not the least shade ; my heavy luggage and my numerous party ren- dering quarters inside the town rather ...
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... becomes brackish , another kind of weed was seen , called " kumba , " the core of which is like- wise eaten by the greater part of the poorer inhabi- tants , and is more esteemed than the melés . It was highly interesting to me to ...
... becomes brackish , another kind of weed was seen , called " kumba , " the core of which is like- wise eaten by the greater part of the poorer inhabi- tants , and is more esteemed than the melés . It was highly interesting to me to ...
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... become so great , that it may with some propriety be called " the gate of Sudán . " But of course its im- portance is only based on the power of the kingdom of Bórnu , which it serves to connect more directly with the north , along the ...
... become so great , that it may with some propriety be called " the gate of Sudán . " But of course its im- portance is only based on the power of the kingdom of Bórnu , which it serves to connect more directly with the north , along the ...
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... become acquainted with all the characteristic features of the country and its inhabitants . Besides this man , my principal acquaintance during my stay in Kátsena this time was a Tawáti of the name of ' Abd e ' Rahmán , a very amiable ...
... become acquainted with all the characteristic features of the country and its inhabitants . Besides this man , my principal acquaintance during my stay in Kátsena this time was a Tawáti of the name of ' Abd e ' Rahmán , a very amiable ...
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... becoming fully aware of the flagrant injustice exercised by him and his ministers . For the sherif , who , as I have said , had attached him- self to my party in Zínder , having died here of dysen- tery soon after our arrival , he ...
... becoming fully aware of the flagrant injustice exercised by him and his ministers . For the sherif , who , as I have said , had attached him- self to my party in Zínder , having died here of dysen- tery soon after our arrival , he ...
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