Heroes of North African DiscoveryWard, 1877 - 392 sayfa |
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Abyssinia amongst Arabs arrived Atbara Baker banks Barth Berber boat Boo Khaloum Bornou Bruce Burckhardt Caillié called camels canoe capital Captain caravan chief Clapperton coast crossed death Denham desert discovery district encampment English ensued entered escape escort European expedition exploration Fezzan Foulahs friends Gambia Ghadames Gondar Gondokoro halt Harar hero horse hundred inhabitants interview join journey Karuma Falls Khartoum king Kouka Lake Lake Tchad land Lander leave Mahommed Mahommedan Majesty Mandingo master merchants miles Moors Morocco mountains murdered Murzuk named natives negro Niger Nile North Africa obtained once Oudney Park Park's party passed present prisoners Ras Michael reached received residence Richardson river Sego Senegal sent servants Sheikh slave Somali soon Soudan Speke started suffering Sultan terrible Theodore Timbuktu took town trade travellers trees tribe trip Tripoli Tuarick Unyoro vessel village visited voyage whilst White Nile
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Sayfa 112 - They lightened their labour by songs, one of which was composed extempore; for I was myself the subject of it. It was sung by one of the young women, the rest joining in a sort of chorus. The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated, were these. "The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk; no wife to grind his corn.
Sayfa 111 - I saw with infinite pleasure the great object of my mission — the long sought for majestic Niger, glittering to the morning sun, as broad as the Thames at Westminster, and flowing slowly to the eastward.
Sayfa 125 - Mr. Anderson and likewise Mr. Scott are both dead; but though all the Europeans who are with me should die, and though I were myself half dead, I would still persevere; and if I could not succeed in the object of my journey, I would at last die on the Niger.
Sayfa 69 - This is the hill,' says he, looking archly, 'that, when you was on the other side of it, was between you and the fountains of the Nile ; there is no other. Look at that hillock of green sod in the middle of that watery spot ; it is in that the two fountains of the Nile are to be found : Geesh is on the face of the rock where yon green trees are.
Sayfa 70 - It is easier to guess than to describe the situation of my mind at that moment — standing in that spot which had baffled the genius, industry, and inquiry of both ancients and moderns, for the course of near three thousand years.
Sayfa 3 - HISTORICAL AND TOPOGRAPHICAL VOLUMES. Historical Records of the 2nd Royal Surrey Militia. With Introductory Chapters, giving a Sketch of the History of the English Militia, and of events in the Military History of Surrey. By JOHN DAVIS, Captain in the Regiment. Frontispiece and numerous Full-page Illustrations specially prepared for this work. Large 8vo. 21/-. A History of Belfast, from the Earliest Times to the Close of the Eighteenth Century.
Sayfa 9 - Katty Lester," &c. With Twelve Chromographs of Ships, Boats, and Sea Views, after Edward Duncan. Foolscap quarto, cloth extra, bevelled boards. " Well adapted to the comprehension of children.
Sayfa 373 - The glory of our prize burst suddenly upon me! There, like a sea of quicksilver, lay far beneath the grand expanse of water — a boundless sea horizon on the south and south-west glittering in the noon-day sun ; and on the west, at fifty or sixty miles...
Sayfa 64 - after a long conversation with your friend Aylo, whose advice I hear you happily take, as, indeed, we all do, I have thought that situation best which leaves you at liberty to follow your own designs, at the same time that it puts your person in safety ; that you will not be troubled with monks about their religious matters, or in danger from these rascals that may seek to murder you for money.
Sayfa 2 - The Poets' Year: a Birthday Register. With Selections from Chaucer to Longfellow, chronologically arranged, printed on writing paper. With Illuminated Title-page. Cloth, extra, 2/- ; gilt edges, 2/6 ; and in Limp French Morocco, Morocco and Russia, from 3/6 to 10/6.