Tales about Travellers: Their Perils, Adventures, and DiscoveriesT.J. Allman, 1864 - 194 Seiten Factual information about the explorations of John Ledyard, Mungo Park, John Burckhardt, Major Dixon Denham, Captain Hugh Clapperton, and John Davidson within a fictional framework. |
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... eyes . He set out for New York , and finding a vessel about to sail for Plymouth , he engaged himself as a sailor . When he arrived at Plymonth he was penniless , having , probably , for the sake 10 TALES ABOUT TRAVELLERS .
... eyes . He set out for New York , and finding a vessel about to sail for Plymouth , he engaged himself as a sailor . When he arrived at Plymonth he was penniless , having , probably , for the sake 10 TALES ABOUT TRAVELLERS .
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... eyes of the veteran navigator . He took him into his service , and promoted him to be a corporal of marines . " Ledyard accordingly sailed with Cook on his last voyage round the world , and several times distinguished himself during the ...
... eyes of the veteran navigator . He took him into his service , and promoted him to be a corporal of marines . " Ledyard accordingly sailed with Cook on his last voyage round the world , and several times distinguished himself during the ...
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... eye a dreary expanse of sand , with a few stunted trees and prickly bushes , in the shade of which the hungry cattle licked up the withered grass , while the camels and goats picked off the scanty foliage . Day and night the wells were ...
... eye a dreary expanse of sand , with a few stunted trees and prickly bushes , in the shade of which the hungry cattle licked up the withered grass , while the camels and goats picked off the scanty foliage . Day and night the wells were ...
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... eyes than fancy would convey him to the streams and rivers of his native land : there , as he wandered along the verdant brink , he surveyed the clear stream with transport , and hastened to swallow the delightful draught ; but , alas ...
... eyes than fancy would convey him to the streams and rivers of his native land : there , as he wandered along the verdant brink , he surveyed the clear stream with transport , and hastened to swallow the delightful draught ; but , alas ...
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... eyes , with other symptoms of fainting ; and , my horse being very much fatigued , I began seriously to apprehend that I should perish of thirst . To relieve the burning pain in my mouth and throat , I chewed the leaves of dif- ferent ...
... eyes , with other symptoms of fainting ; and , my horse being very much fatigued , I began seriously to apprehend that I should perish of thirst . To relieve the burning pain in my mouth and throat , I chewed the leaves of dif- ferent ...
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accompany adventures afford Africa Aleppo Ali's Arabs arrived attack attempt attendants bashaw Bedouins began begged Bhoo Khaloom Bornou boys bridle Burckhardt Cairo camels camp canoe Captain CAPTAIN COOK caravan carried chief Clapperton companions dangers Davidson delighted desert difficulty distance distress Eight Engravings empress England entered escape expedition exposed eyes farther fatigue Fellatahs followed friends hope horse hundred inhabitants Irkutsk Jarra Joag JOHN DAVIDSON John Ledyard journey Kaarta kafila Karfa kingdom Kouka LAKE TCHAD LAPLAND length Major Denham Mandingo miles Moorish Moors MUNGO PARK musket nearly negro Niger night Nubia obliged opportunity Park's party passed perilous perish plunder present proceed proceeded rain reached received remained resolved river rode round route Sackatoo sail sand savages says Park season sheikh slave snow soon sufferings sultan Syria thirst tion told took town tree tribe Tripoli UNCLE THOMAS TELLS vessel village voyage Wadnoon waiting wandering Yakutsk
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Seite 22 - I have observed among all nations, that the women ornament themselves more than the men ; that, wherever found, they are the same kind, civil, obliging, humane, tender beings; that they are ever inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest.
Seite 73 - 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! Reflections like these would not allow me to despair. I started up, and disregarding both hunger and fatigue, travelled forwards, assured that relief was at hand ; and I was not disappointed.
Seite 22 - Tartar, if hungry, dry, cold, wet, or sick, woman has ever been friendly to me, and uniformly so ; and to add to this virtue, so worthy of the appellation of benevolence, these actions have been performed in so free and so kind a manner, that if I was dry I drank the sweet draught, and if hungry ate the coarse morsel, with a double relish.
Seite 65 - 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 72 - 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. All these circumstances crowded at once on my recollection, and I confess that my spirits began to fail me.
Seite 22 - I have known both hunger and nakedness to the utmost extremity of human suffering. I have known what it is to have food given me as charity to a madman ; and I have at times been obliged to shelter myself under the miseries of that character, to avoid a heavier calamity. My distresses have been greater than I have ever owned, or ever will own to any man. Such evils are terrible to bear ; but they never yet had power to turn me from my purpose.
Seite 72 - The influence of religion, however, aided and supported me. I reflected that no human prudence or foresight could possibly have averted my present sufferings. I was indeed a stranger in a strange land, yet I was still under the protecting eye of that Providence who has condescended to call himself the stranger's friend.
Seite 22 - I never addressed myself, in the language of decency and friendship, without receiving a decent and friendly answer. With man it has often been otherwise. In wandering over the barren plains of inhospitable Denmark, through honest Sweden...
Seite 65 - The rites of hospitality being thus performed toward a stranger in distress, my worthy benefactress (pointing to the mat, and telling me I might sleep there without apprehension) called to the female part of her family, who had...
Seite 55 - With this view I put the bridle on my horse, and driving him before me, went slowly along for about an hour, when I perceived some lightning from the north-east, a most delightful sight, for it promised rain.