Travels in the Interior of AfricaP. Hayes, 1825 - 180 Seiten |
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... , and their peculiar modes of life . The dangers attendant on such a journey , which would have appeared in- surmountable to most other men , could not repress the native energy of his mind , nor prevent A 3 PARK'S TRAVELS. ...
... , and their peculiar modes of life . The dangers attendant on such a journey , which would have appeared in- surmountable to most other men , could not repress the native energy of his mind , nor prevent A 3 PARK'S TRAVELS. ...
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... attendants began to sing an Arabic song , at every pause of which , the king himself , and all the people present , struck their hands against their foreheads , and exclaimed with devout and affecting solemnity , Amen , Amen . The king ...
... attendants began to sing an Arabic song , at every pause of which , the king himself , and all the people present , struck their hands against their foreheads , and exclaimed with devout and affecting solemnity , Amen , Amen . The king ...
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... attendants having killed it , a part was dressed for supper . December the 11th , Mr. Park arrived at Koo- jar , the frontier town of Woolli . His guide , being obliged to return , received some amber for his trouble ; and , having been ...
... attendants having killed it , a part was dressed for supper . December the 11th , Mr. Park arrived at Koo- jar , the frontier town of Woolli . His guide , being obliged to return , received some amber for his trouble ; and , having been ...
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... attendants , and proceed to another watering - place ; he departed accord- ingly , and at eight o'clock at night , arrived at the next watering - place , where a fire was kindled , and the company , surrounded by their cattle , lay down ...
... attendants , and proceed to another watering - place ; he departed accord- ingly , and at eight o'clock at night , arrived at the next watering - place , where a fire was kindled , and the company , surrounded by their cattle , lay down ...
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... attendants departed from Doogi , and being joined by a number of Foulahs , and other people , made a formidable appearance , and were under no apprehension of being plundered in the woods . One of the asses proving very refractory , the ...
... attendants departed from Doogi , and being joined by a number of Foulahs , and other people , made a formidable appearance , and were under no apprehension of being plundered in the woods . One of the asses proving very refractory , the ...
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Abdulkader African Ali's amber animal appeared asses attendants baggage Bambarra bank blacksmith Bondou bridle brought bullock bushes calabashes called canoe caravan cattle CHAP chief conduct corn cotton cloth Damel Demba Sego desired dress European fatigue fire Foulahs four Gambia gold grass ground-nuts hand head horse horsemen hyæna indigo plant informed inhabitants Isaaco Jarra Joag journey Kaarta Kamalia Karfa Kasson king kingdom Kooma Laidley lion lodgings Ludamar Mahometan Mandingo manner Mansa Mansong miles milk Moorish Moors morning MUNGO PARK musket natives negroes Niger night o'clock obliged Park arrived Park took Park's party pass Pisania prayers present proceeded reached received river river Gambia river Senegal rode round saddle salt Sansanding season sent Silla sitting slaves small village soldiers soon stop stranger tent tion told Tombuctoo town trade traveller tree wild hog women woods
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Seite 155 - my spear is indeed red with the blood of your subjects killed in battle, and I could now give it a deeper stain by dipping it in your own ; but this would not build up my towns, nor bring to life the thousands who fell in the woods. I will not, therefore, kill you in cold blood, but I will retain you as my slave, until I perceive that your presence in your own kingdom will be no longer dangerous to your neighbours ; and then I will consider of the proper way of disposing of you.
Seite 108 - 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 136 - a generous action: in so free and kind a manner did they contribute to " my relief, that if I was dry, I drank the sweetest draught; and if hungry, " I ate the coarsest morsel with a double relish.
Seite 144 - European, to see a child suck a piece of rock-salt, as if it were sugar. This, however, I have frequently seen; although, in the inland parts, the poorer class of inhabitants are so very rarely indulged with this precious article, that to say a man eats salt with his victuals, is the same as saying, he is a rich man.
Seite 128 - ... though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsula, without admiration. 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!
Seite 178 - Park came there after the army had posted itself ; he nevertheless attempted to pass. The people began to attack him, throwing lances, pikes, arrows and stones. Mr. Park defended himself for a long time ; two of his slaves at the stern of the canoe were killed...
Seite 177 - Boussa, near the river side — There is before this village a rock across the whole breadth of the river. One part of the rock is very high : there is a large opening in that rock in the form of a door, which is the only passage for the water to pass through ; the tide current is here very strong.
Seite 42 - On my part, without disputing my own deformity, I paid them many compliments on African beauty. I praised the glossy jet of their skins, and the lovely depression of their noses; but they said that flattery, or (as they emphatically termed it) honey-mouth, was not esteemed in Bondou.
Seite 175 - ... Scott, have both bid adieu to the things of this world; and the greater part of the soldiers have died on the march during the rainy season; but you may believe me, I am in good health. The rains are completely over, and the healthy season has commenced, so that there is no danger of sickness; and I have still a sufficient force to protect me from any insult in sailing down the river, to the sea. "We have already embarked all our things, and shall sail the moment I have finished this letter.
Seite 105 - They were tied together by their necks with thongs of a bullock's hide, twisted like a rope ; seven slaves upon a thong, and a man with a musket between every seven.