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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Side viii
... Interesting Relations of Water Communication . - Political Situation . - Delay . - News from Timbúktu . - Unlucky Fate of a Letter . - - - CHAP . LXII . Unsettled Provinces obstructed by Nature , and infested by Man . A'ribínda ...
... Interesting Relations of Water Communication . - Political Situation . - Delay . - News from Timbúktu . - Unlucky Fate of a Letter . - - - CHAP . LXII . Unsettled Provinces obstructed by Nature , and infested by Man . A'ribínda ...
Side 10
... interesting than my camels , which were in- trusted to his care , and which in consequence he lost repeatedly . In addition to these servants , I had attached to my CHAP . LIII . THE TWO AFRICANS . 11 person. 10 CHAP . LIII . TRAVELS IN ...
... interesting than my camels , which were in- trusted to his care , and which in consequence he lost repeatedly . In addition to these servants , I had attached to my CHAP . LIII . THE TWO AFRICANS . 11 person. 10 CHAP . LIII . TRAVELS IN ...
Side 13
... interesting and animated spectacle , more especially , coming after and contrasted with the dull life of the capital . The well measured fifteen fathoms in depth ; and the inhabitants were so on the alert for gain that they thought it ...
... interesting and animated spectacle , more especially , coming after and contrasted with the dull life of the capital . The well measured fifteen fathoms in depth ; and the inhabitants were so on the alert for gain that they thought it ...
Side 17
... interesting as Rédaní . We encamped at length , near a group of three wells , where , once a week , a small market is held . In the adjacent hollow a pond is formed in the rainy season . The wells were twenty fathoms in depth . Tuesday ...
... interesting as Rédaní . We encamped at length , near a group of three wells , where , once a week , a small market is held . In the adjacent hollow a pond is formed in the rainy season . The wells were twenty fathoms in depth . Tuesday ...
Side 20
... interesting group of fractions of former tribes who have here taken refuge from the destructive power of a larger empire . I took a long walk in the afternoon along the sheet of water , which was indented in the most picturesque manner ...
... interesting group of fractions of former tribes who have here taken refuge from the destructive power of a larger empire . I took a long walk in the afternoon along the sheet of water , which was indented in the most picturesque manner ...
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Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa: Being a ..., Volum 4 Heinrich Barth Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1858 |
Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa: Being a ..., Volum 4 Heinrich Barth Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1858 |
Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa: Being a ..., Volum 4 Heinrich Barth Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1858 |
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