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 2
... length succeeded in getting signed by the sheikh of Bórnu and his vizier on the last of August , together with a map of all the parts of Central Africa which I had as yet visited , and containing at the same time all the infor- mation ...
... length succeeded in getting signed by the sheikh of Bórnu and his vizier on the last of August , together with a map of all the parts of Central Africa which I had as yet visited , and containing at the same time all the infor- mation ...
Side 4
... length , after a long series of delays , the road to the west became open , and I took leave of the sheikh on the 19th of November , in a private audi- ence , none but the vizier being present . I then found reason to flatter myself ...
... length , after a long series of delays , the road to the west became open , and I took leave of the sheikh on the 19th of November , in a private audi- ence , none but the vizier being present . I then found reason to flatter myself ...
Side 12
... length on my noble lion - skin , which formed my general couch during the day , and which was delightfully cool . Friday , This was one of the coldest , or perhaps November 26th . the very coldest night which I experienced in the whole ...
... length on my noble lion - skin , which formed my general couch during the day , and which was delightfully cool . Friday , This was one of the coldest , or perhaps November 26th . the very coldest night which I experienced in the whole ...
Side 17
... 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 , November 30th . The district through ...
... 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 , November 30th . The district through ...
Side 28
... length we were again in motion ; but our dif- ficulties now commenced , the path being extremely winding , deeply hollowed out , and full of water , and leading through the thickest part of the forest and I had to lament the loss of ...
... length we were again in motion ; but our dif- ficulties now commenced , the path being extremely winding , deeply hollowed out , and full of water , and leading through the thickest part of the forest and I had to lament the loss of ...
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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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