| 1815 - 1008 sayfa
...same intrepid confidence, even under circumstances the most desperate. He writes to Earl Camden : ' Your Lordship will recollect, that I always spoke...termination of the Niger, or perish in the attempt. 1 have heard nothing that I can can depend on respecting the remote course of this mighty stream; but... | |
| 1815 - 930 sayfa
...in a very hopeless state; but I assure you I am far from despondin?. With the assistance of one (if the soldiers I have changed a large canoe into a tolerably...respecting the remote course of this mighty stream ; but • am more and more inclined to think that it can end no where but in the sea. My dor friend, Mr.... | |
| 1815 - 568 sayfa
...a large canoe into a tolerably good schooner, on board of which I this day hoisted the British Hag, and shall set sail to the East with the fixed resolution...the attempt. I have heard nothing that I can depend o?i respecting the remote course of this mighty stream ; but I am more and more inclined to think that... | |
| 1816 - 728 sayfa
...desponding. With the assistance of one of »he soldiers, I have changed a large canoe into a tolerable good schooner, on board of which I this day hoisted...the attempt I have heard nothing that I can depend im respecting the remote course of this mighty stream; but I am more and more inclined to think that... | |
| Robert Walsh - 1829 - 532 sayfa
...accompany his journal so far, which he now sent home, he says, "I shall set sail to the cast, with a fixed resolution to discover the termination of the Niger, or perish in the attempt. Though all the Europeans who were with me should die, and though I were myself half dead, I would still... | |
| 1830 - 436 sayfa
...accompany his journal so far, which he now sent home, he says, " 1 shall set sail to the east, with a fixed resolution to discover the termination of the Niger, or perish in the attempt. Though all the Europeans who were with me should die, and though I were myself half dead, I would still... | |
| H. B. - 1835 - 334 sayfa
...forty-four Europeans who left the Gambia in perfect health, five only are at present alive, namely, three soldiers, (one deranged in his mind,) Lieutenant...am more and more inclined to think that it can end nowhere but in the sea. " My dear friend, Mr Anderson, and likewise Mr Scott, are both dead ; but though... | |
| Mungo Park - 1840 - 262 sayfa
...melancholy proof of it. " From this account I am afraid that your lordship will be apt to consider matters in a very hopeless state ; but I assure you I am far...termination of the Niger or perish in the attempt. I ha/e heard nothing that I can depend on respecting the remote course of this mighty stream ; but I... | |
| Mungo Park - 1840 - 270 sayfa
...soldiers I have changed a large canoe into a tolerably good schooner, on board of which I this day ho-sted the British flag, and shall set sail to the east with...am more and more inclined to think that it can end nowhere but in the sea. " My dear friend Mr. Anderson, and likewise Mr. Scott, are both dead ; but,... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 352 sayfa
...was in a state of derangement. Yet his resolution suffered no change. He wrote to his friends : " I shall set sail to the east with the fixed resolution...termination of the Niger, or perish in the attempt. Though all the Europeans who are with me should die, and though I were myself half-dead, I would still... | |
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