Savage Africa: Being the Narrative of a Tour in Equatorial, South-western, and North-western Africa; with Notes on the Habits of the Gorilla; on the Existence of Unicorns and Tailed Men; on the Slave Trade; on the Origin, Character, and Capabilities of the Negro and on the Future Civilization of Western Africa, Volumen1Smith, Elder and Company, 1864 - 587 páginas |
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... round hills , the Paps of the Cape de Verde ; and as suggestive of a feminine bust , as the Cape itself of a verdant promontory . But it was Africa , that land of adventure and romance ; and I stood there for two hours , unable to draw ...
... round hills , the Paps of the Cape de Verde ; and as suggestive of a feminine bust , as the Cape itself of a verdant promontory . But it was Africa , that land of adventure and romance ; and I stood there for two hours , unable to draw ...
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... round Africa , and there were several who said that Africa had been allotted to the wild beasts as their proper ... rounded Cape Boiador , they were effectually silenced . The vessels brought back some slaves and gold - dust , and these ...
... round Africa , and there were several who said that Africa had been allotted to the wild beasts as their proper ... rounded Cape Boiador , they were effectually silenced . The vessels brought back some slaves and gold - dust , and these ...
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... round by spacious piazzas , the rooms furnished with gaudy richness , and the whole their own property , being built from the proceeds of their theft or thrift . As a commercial race the liberated Africans will always prosper . But it ...
... round by spacious piazzas , the rooms furnished with gaudy richness , and the whole their own property , being built from the proceeds of their theft or thrift . As a commercial race the liberated Africans will always prosper . But it ...
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... round when at full speed like a skater on the outer edge . If it should capsize , as the laws of equilibrium sometimes demand , he turns it over , bales it out with a calabash , swimming all the while , and glides in again , his skin ...
... round when at full speed like a skater on the outer edge . If it should capsize , as the laws of equilibrium sometimes demand , he turns it over , bales it out with a calabash , swimming all the while , and glides in again , his skin ...
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... rounded by their household suites , like the feudal lords of ancient days ; their garments of costly foreign silks unravelled and weaved anew into elaborate pat- terns , and thrown over the shoulder like the Roman toga , leaving the ...
... rounded by their household suites , like the feudal lords of ancient days ; their garments of costly foreign silks unravelled and weaved anew into elaborate pat- terns , and thrown over the shoulder like the Roman toga , leaving the ...
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Abauhi afterwards all-fours Ananga Anglo-African animal appearance Ashanti asked Bakělě Bapuku barque beautiful Bushmen Cabinda caboceer calabash called Camma cannibals canoe Cape Cape Lopez captain chimpanzee cloth coast Corisco cried custom Dahomey dance dark dinner drink elephants English Equatorial Africa Etia eyes face Fans feet Fernand Vaz Fernando Fernando Po fetich forest Gaboon gave girls give gorilla Guanches guns hair hands head heard hunters island killed king Kru-men ladies land laughed looked Mafuk mate Mayoruna Mongilomba morning mouth Mpongwe Muni natives Ncomo negro never Ngumbi Niger night Oshupu paddles palaver palm-oil passed Peppel plantains plantation Portuguese Quenqueza returned river round sail savage seen Shekani Sierra Leone skin slaves sleep smoke sometimes soon steward tobacco told took town trade trees tribe village voyage wife wished woman women young