The Traveller in Africa: Containing Some Account of the Antiquities, Natural Curiosities, and Inhabitants of Such Parts of that Continent and Its Islands, as Have Been Most Explored by Europeans |
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... plants , which grow in such abun- dance , that they heat the ovens and bagnios with them ; and , whilst they are burning , the very air is perfumed with their fragrance . It cannot be compared with Algiers , either for size or buildings ...
... plants , which grow in such abun- dance , that they heat the ovens and bagnios with them ; and , whilst they are burning , the very air is perfumed with their fragrance . It cannot be compared with Algiers , either for size or buildings ...
Page 42
... plant , when dried and re- duced to powder , bring a good price , being in great request amongst the African ladies , for tinging their lips , hair , hands , and feet of a tawny , saffron colour , which , in the estimation of their ...
... plant , when dried and re- duced to powder , bring a good price , being in great request amongst the African ladies , for tinging their lips , hair , hands , and feet of a tawny , saffron colour , which , in the estimation of their ...
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... for them . In proportion as the desert is bare of ve- getation , it is scanty of inhabitants ; yet we sometimes saw the jerboa , the tortoise , the lizard , and some few serpents . Snails abound on the thorny plants eaten by 46.
... for them . In proportion as the desert is bare of ve- getation , it is scanty of inhabitants ; yet we sometimes saw the jerboa , the tortoise , the lizard , and some few serpents . Snails abound on the thorny plants eaten by 46.
Page 47
... plants eaten by the camels , and are not refused by the Arabs , when no other food is at hand . Except seafowl , birds are very scarce : a few wild rabbits frequent the neighbourhood of the springs of water , and the foot- steps of ...
... plants eaten by the camels , and are not refused by the Arabs , when no other food is at hand . Except seafowl , birds are very scarce : a few wild rabbits frequent the neighbourhood of the springs of water , and the foot- steps of ...
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... plants of a large species of solanum . Our first halting place was a dirty village , favoured with a well , called Bir Ambar , belonging to the Azaizy , a small tribe of Arabs : these poor people live in huts , shaped like a bee - live ...
... plants of a large species of solanum . Our first halting place was a dirty village , favoured with a well , called Bir Ambar , belonging to the Azaizy , a small tribe of Arabs : these poor people live in huts , shaped like a bee - live ...
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abound Abyssinia Africa amongst ancient animals antelope appearance Arabs banks beautiful Begemder birds built Bulama Cairo calabash called camels caravan cattle chiefly Christians cloth colour consists cotton covered curiosity desert dress Egypt elephant feet Fezzan fish frequently fruit Gambia gold Gondar hands head herds hills hippopotami horse Hottentots houses hundred huts inhabitants island journey Kaarta Kaffres Kamalia kind king larvæ Mahometans Mamelukes Mandingoes Mecca miles Mogadore Moors Morocco mosque mountains Murad Bey natives Negroes neighbouring night Nile obliged ornamented ostrich palace passed plain present rain reached Red Sea refreshing rest rises river road rocks round Sancho sand sandy saphies scarcely sheik shore shrubs side situated skin slaves species spot stones stream supply surrounded tains taste tents thick Tigré tion town travelled trees tribes valley village walls whilst wild wind women wood
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Page 150 - Where brighter suns dispense serener light, And milder moons imparadise the night ; A land of beauty, virtue, valor, truth, Time-tutored age, and love-exalted youth. The wandering mariner, whose eye explores The wealthiest isles, the most enchanting shores, Views not a realm so bountiful and fair, Nor breathes the spirit of a purer air...
Page 150 - The heritage of nature's noblest race, There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest, Where man, creation's tyrant, casts aside His sword and sceptre, pageantry and pride, While in his soften'd looks benignly blend The sire, the son, the husband, brother, friend; Here woman reigns; the mother, daughter, wife, Strew with fresh flowers the narrow way of life! In the clear heaven of her delightful eye, An angel-guard of loves and graces lie; Around her knees domestic...
Page 150 - Here woman reigns ; the mother, daughter, wife, Strew with fresh flowers the narrow way of life ; In the clear heaven of her delightful eye, An angel-guard of loves and graces lie ; Around her knees domestic duties meet, And fireside pleasures gambol at her feet.
Page 223 - It was in vain to think of flying ; the swiftest horse, or fastest sailing ship could be of no use to carry us out of this danger; and the full persuasion of this rivetted me as if to the spot where I stood, and let the camels gain on me so much in my state of lameness, that it was with some difficulty I could overtake them.
Page 150 - Touch'd by remembrance trembles to that pole ; For in this land of heaven's peculiar grace, The heritage of nature's noblest race, There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest...
Page 341 - As soon as he had seated himself upon a mat by the threshold of his door, a young woman, his intended bride, brought a little water in a calabash, and kneeling down before him, desired him to wash his hands ; when he had done this, the girl, with a tear of joy sparkling in her eyes, drank the water, this being considered as the greatest proof she could possibly give him of her fidelity and attachment.
Page 332 - ... from the size of a pin's head to that of a pea, scattered through a large body of sand or clay, and in this state it is called by the Mandingoes sanoo munko (gold powder).
Page 150 - An angel-guard of loves and graces lie ; Around her knees domestic duties meet, And fire-side pleasures gambol at her feet. Where shall that land, that spot of earth be found? " Art thou a man — a patriot ? look around, O thou shalt find, howe'er thy footsteps roam, That land thy country, and that spot thy home.
Page 224 - I saw from the southeast a haze come, in colour like the purple part of the rainbow, but not so compressed or thick. It did not occupy twenty yards in breadth, and was about twelve feet high from the ground. It was a kind of blush upon the air, and it moved very rapidly, for I...