The African Continent: A Narrative of Discovery and AdventureT. Nelson and Sons, 1853 - 482 Seiten |
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The African Continent: A Narrative of Discovery and Adventure (Classic Reprint) Hugh Murray Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2017 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Abyssinia adventure afterwards animals appeared Arabs arrived ascended attack Badagry banks beautiful Benin Boo Khalloom Bornou Boussa British Caffres Calabar called canoes Cape Cape Coast Castle capital Captain caravan cattle Central Africa CHAP chief Clapperton cloth coast colony continent cultivated desert discovery district Eboe English European expedition explore Eyeo farther favour Fellatas Fezzan Gambia gold Griquas ground hills horse immense inhabitants interior island journey Kano king kingdom lake Lake Tchad land Lander Lattakoo Major Denham ment miles missionaries monarch Morocco mountains natives navigation negro Niger Nile obtained Park party passed population Portuguese present prince proceeded Rabba reached received reception region respecting river route Sackatoo sailed sand savage Senegal sent sheik Shoa shore Sierra Leone slaves soon spirit stream sultan territory Timbuctoo tion town trade travellers trees tribes Tripoli Tuaricks vessel village voyage Wawa White Nile wild
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 108 - 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. I hastened to the brink, and, having drank of the water, lifted up my fervent thanks in prayer to the Great Ruler of all things, for having thus far crowned my endeavours with success.
Seite 109 - 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.
Seite 125 - My dear friend 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.
Seite 127 - Stop throwing now, you see nothing in the canoe, and nobody but myself, therefore cease. Take me and the canoe, but don't kill me.
Seite 212 - He then took my hand betwixt his, and looking me full in the face, while a tear stood glistening in his eye, said, in a low but deeply affecting tone, 'My dear Richard, if you had not been with me, I should have died long ago; I can only thank you, with my latest breath, for your kindness and attachment to me, and if I could have lived to return with you, you should have been placed beyond the reach of want; but God will reward you.
Seite 115 - Can that Being (thought I), who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears of so small importance, look with unconcern upon the situation and sufferings of creatures formed after his own image? — surely not ! Reflections like these, would not allow me to despair.
Seite 177 - Oh ! trust not to the gun and the sword ! The spear of the heathen conquers ! Boo Khalloom, the good and the brave, has fallen ! Who shall now be safe J" The sheik of Bornou was considerably mortified by Mortiflcatioo _ . , 1 - • ll
Seite 236 - The riders brandished their spears, the little boys flourished their cows' tails, the buffoons performed their antics, muskets were discharged, and the chief himself, mounted on the finest horse on the ground, watched the progress of the race, while tears of delight were starting from his eyes. The sun shone gloriously on the tobes of green, white, yellow, blue, and crimson, as they fluttered in the breeze ; and with the fanciful caps, the glittering spears, the jingling of the horses...
Seite 251 - ... him, and immediately held forth our hands ; all of them trembled like aspen leaves ; the chief looked up full in our faces, kneeling on the ground — light seemed to flash from his dark, rolling eyes — his body was convulsed all over, as though he were enduring the utmost torture, and with a timorous, yet undefinable, expression of countenance, in which all the passions of our nature were strangely blended, he drooped his head, eagerly grasped our proffered hands, and burst into tears. This...
Seite 434 - ... of agricultural industry is that bestowed upon the culture of the manioc, which forms the main article of food in Congo and some of the insular territories. Considerable care is required in rearing it, and cleaning the ground round the plants ; after the root, which is the valuable part, has been dug up, it must be ground in a species of mill, and dried in small furnaces, before it can be used as flour. The process is represented in the accompanying plate.