The Life and Travels of Mungo Park: With the Account of His Death from the Journal of Isaaco, the Substance of the Later Discoveries Relative to His Lamented Fate, and the Termination of the NigerHarper and Brothers, 1840 - 248 Seiten |
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... after life . When he had completed his studies at Edin- burgh , Park went to London ... day . His expectation was realized ; Mr. Dickson introduced him to Sir ... following year . The interval sup- plies us with nothing of importance in ...
... after life . When he had completed his studies at Edin- burgh , Park went to London ... day . His expectation was realized ; Mr. Dickson introduced him to Sir ... following year . The interval sup- plies us with nothing of importance in ...
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... day , to tell the story , for it is become the subject of laughter and derision in the neighbour- ing countries , and nothing will enrage an inhabi- tant of that town so much as desiring him to catch a lion alive . " On the following day ...
... day , to tell the story , for it is become the subject of laughter and derision in the neighbour- ing countries , and nothing will enrage an inhabi- tant of that town so much as desiring him to catch a lion alive . " On the following day ...
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... following day Park paid another visit to the king , and was then requested to visit the king's wives , who were very anxious to see him . As soon as our traveller entered the court appropriated to the ladies , the whole body surrounded ...
... following day Park paid another visit to the king , and was then requested to visit the king's wives , who were very anxious to see him . As soon as our traveller entered the court appropriated to the ladies , the whole body surrounded ...
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... after having partaken of a very indifferent supper . On the following day they resolved to " combat hunger ; " for Park knew that if he produced any beads or amber to purchase provisions with , the king would immediately hear of it ...
... after having partaken of a very indifferent supper . On the following day they resolved to " combat hunger ; " for Park knew that if he produced any beads or amber to purchase provisions with , the king would immediately hear of it ...
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... next morning . The offer was gratefully accepted , and at daylight on the morrow , being the 27th of December , the whole party set out . On the following day they crossed the river Sen- egal and entered the territory of Kasson . The ...
... next morning . The offer was gratefully accepted , and at daylight on the morrow , being the 27th of December , the whole party set out . On the following day they crossed the river Sen- egal and entered the territory of Kasson . The ...
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Africa afterward Ali's amber Anderson arrived asses attempt Bambarra beasts Benown Bondou Boossa bundles bushes calabash canoe chief clothes coffle course Demba Sego Desert distance distress dooty dooty's escape expedition farther fatigue fire following day fonio Foulah friends Gambia gold Goomba grass heard hope horse informed inhabitants interior Isaaco Jarra Joag journey Kaarta kafirs Kajaaga Kamalia Karfa Kasson Kayee king king's Laidley Lieutenant Martyn lion loads look Ludamar Mandingo manner mansa Mansong miles Modibinne Moorish Moors morning Mungo Park musket natives negroes Niger night o'clock observed Park's party passed Pisania present proceed proceeded procure rains rainy season reached received recovered returned river river Gambia rode round route sand Sansanding saphie says Park Sego seized Senegal sent sick Silla sitting situation slaves soldiers tent thought Timbuctoo tion told took town traveller tree village washing wild Wowow
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Seite 211 - 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 115 - I mention this to shew from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation ; for 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...
Seite 101 - I might sleep there without apprehension) called to the female part of her family, who had stood gazing on me all the while in fixed astonishment, to resume their task of spinning cotton, in which they continued to employ themselves great part of the night.
Seite 138 - And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
Seite 114 - I sat for some time looking around me with amazement and terror. Whichever way I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw myself in the midst of a vast wilderness in the depth of the rainy season, naked and alone ; surrounded by savage animals, and men still more savage. I was five hundred miles from the nearest European settlement.
Seite 98 - ... (see the water), and looking forwards, 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 101 - They lightened their labour by songs, one of which was composed extempore, for I was myself the subject of it. It was sung by one of the young women, the rest joining in a sort of chorus. The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated, were these :— ' 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 142 - European to see a child suck a piece of rocksalt 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 137 - ... stealing." It arises from a sort of hereditary feud which the inhabitants of one nation or district bear towards another. No immediate cause of hostility is assigned, or notice of attack given ; but the inhabitants of each watch every opportunity to plunder and distress the objects of their animosity by predatory excursions. These are very common, particularly about the beginning of the dry season, when the labour of the harvest is over, and provisions are plentiful. Schemes of vengeance are...
Seite 100 - The view of this extensive city ; the numerous canoes upon the river ; the crowded population and the cultivated state of the surrounding country, formed altogether a prospect of civilization and magnificence, which I little expected to find in the bosom of Africa.