Narrative of an Exploring Voyage Up the Rivers Kwóra and Bínue: (commonly Known as the Niger and Tsádda) in 1854. With a Map and Appendices. Pub. with the Sanction of Her Majesty's Government. By William Balfour BaikieJ. Murray, 1856 - 456 Seiten |
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... passed away very agreeably . I had the pleasure of making the acquaintance of several " Africans , ' among whom was Mr. Louis Fraser , one of the survivors of the expedition in 1841 . On two occasions , tempted by the smoothness of the ...
... passed away very agreeably . I had the pleasure of making the acquaintance of several " Africans , ' among whom was Mr. Louis Fraser , one of the survivors of the expedition in 1841 . On two occasions , tempted by the smoothness of the ...
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... passed from the affected to the non - affected party . Thus , while indi- viduals and property of all descriptions must undergo long detention , and purifications by fumigations , steaming baths CHAP . II . ] 9 THE VOYAGE OUT .
... passed from the affected to the non - affected party . Thus , while indi- viduals and property of all descriptions must undergo long detention , and purifications by fumigations , steaming baths CHAP . II . ] 9 THE VOYAGE OUT .
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... passing it through water ; and so when a purchase has been effected , the seller concludes by holding up a small cup or other vessel , containing water , into which the money is allowed to drop ; and this custom prevails irrespective of ...
... passing it through water ; and so when a purchase has been effected , the seller concludes by holding up a small cup or other vessel , containing water , into which the money is allowed to drop ; and this custom prevails irrespective of ...
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... passing a - head of us , but suddenly its direction altered , and it spread upwards towards the zenith . Presently the cloud arched beneath , leaving visible a little bit of gray sky , after which the dark mass rapidly ap- proached . A ...
... passing a - head of us , but suddenly its direction altered , and it spread upwards towards the zenith . Presently the cloud arched beneath , leaving visible a little bit of gray sky , after which the dark mass rapidly ap- proached . A ...
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... passed in succession the Nun , the St. John's or Brass , the San Nicholas , the Santa Barbara , the San Bartolomeo , and the Sombreiro , all mouths of the Kwóra , and by sunset were off the New Kalabar . As there was not time to reach ...
... passed in succession the Nun , the St. John's or Brass , the San Nicholas , the Santa Barbara , the San Bartolomeo , and the Sombreiro , all mouths of the Kwóra , and by sunset were off the New Kalabar . As there was not time to reach ...
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A'boko's Abó African afternoon Alihéli anchored Andony appearance ashore Attá bank Bássa Beecroft Bíni Bínue boat Bonny Bornú brass called Cameroon canoes chief chiefly coast Confluence cowries creek Crowther dialect Djúku Dóma eastward expedition Fcap feet Fernando Fernando Po Formoso Fulátas gave ground Gúrowa Hamarúwa Hausa Hutchinson huts I'gbira I'gbo Iddá Igára Igbégbe Igbo inhabitants Island Isuáma ivory journey Kalabár Keána King Korórofa Krú Krúmen Kwóra Lagos landed language look Macgregor Laird mark meridian altitude miles Mítshi morning named natives nearly night numerous Núpe o'clock O'jogo observations Orú palm-oil Pánda Páro party passed Pleiad Post 8vo present preter Púlo reached river Second Edition sent ship shore side Sierra Leone slaves steam supercargo Third Edition told town trade trees tribes Tshúkuma village Vols voyage wood Woodcuts Wukári yams Yoruba Zhibú Zúri
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Seite 5 - More Worlds than One. The Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian.
Seite 25 - History of Latin Christianity ; including that of the Popes to the Pontificate of Nicholas V.
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Seite 8 - Life and Times of Titian, with some Account of hig Family, chiefly from new and unpublished records. With Portrait and Illustrations. 2 vols. Svo. 42s. GUMMING (R. GORDON). Five Years of a Hunter's Life in the Far Interior of South Africa.
Seite 11 - Handbook of Architecture. Being a Concise and Popular Account of the Different Styles prevailing in all Ages and Countries in the World. With a Description of the most remarkable Buildings.
Seite 31 - VAUX'S (WSW) Handbook to the Antiquities in the British Museum ; being a Description of the Remains of Greek, Assyrian. Egyptian, and Etruscan Art preserved there. With 300 Woodcuts. Post 8vo.
Seite 14 - HAMPDEN'S (BISHOP) Essay on the Philosophical Evidence of Christianity, or the Credibility obtained to a Scripture Revelation from its Coincidence with the Facts of Nature.
Seite 12 - BUTTMAN'S LEXILOGUS ; or, a Critical Examination of the Meaning and Etymology of numerous Greek Words and Passages, intended principally for Homer and Hesiod. Translated, and edited, with Explanatory Notes and copious Indexes, by REV.
Seite 29 - HISTORY OF ROME; from the Earliest Times to the Establishment of the Empire. By DEAN LIDDELL.
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