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... Barca Gana , the commander - in - chief , made his appearance , re- move . stored order , and caused a way to be opened DENHAM AND CLAPPERTON . 139.
... Barca Gana , the commander - in - chief , made his appearance , re- move . stored order , and caused a way to be opened DENHAM AND CLAPPERTON . 139.
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... Barca Gana appeared , and invited the Arab leader to enter alone . Another half - hour elapsed ere the gates were again opened , and the four Englishmen were called . They found , on the present as well as on other occasions , the ...
... Barca Gana appeared , and invited the Arab leader to enter alone . Another half - hour elapsed ere the gates were again opened , and the four Englishmen were called . They found , on the present as well as on other occasions , the ...
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... Barca Gana became fond of his conversation , and invited him to pay frequent visits . It remained that Major Denham should be introduced to the sultan in his royal residence at Birnie , where all the state and pomp of the kingdom , with ...
... Barca Gana became fond of his conversation , and invited him to pay frequent visits . It remained that Major Denham should be introduced to the sultan in his royal residence at Birnie , where all the state and pomp of the kingdom , with ...
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... Barca Gana , calling out , " Who is in battle like the rolling of thunder ? Barca Gana . In battle , who spreads terror around him like the buffalo in his rage ? Barca Gana . " Even the chiefs on this expedition carried no provisions ...
... Barca Gana , calling out , " Who is in battle like the rolling of thunder ? Barca Gana . In battle , who spreads terror around him like the buffalo in his rage ? Barca Gana . " Even the chiefs on this expedition carried no provisions ...
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... Barca Gana and myself for a drop of water ; but the gulf will be between us : " his tears then flowed pro- fusely . The Major , taking the general aside , entreated to be relieved from this incessant persecution ; but Gana assured him ...
... Barca Gana and myself for a drop of water ; but the gulf will be between us : " his tears then flowed pro- fusely . The Major , taking the general aside , entreated to be relieved from this incessant persecution ; but Gana assured him ...
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Seite 357 - A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth; the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Seite 90 - 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.
Seite 91 - 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 106 - I shall only observe, that no event which took place during the journey, ever threw the smallest gloom over my mind, till I laid Mr. Anderson in the grave. I then felt myself, as if left a second time lonely and friendless amidst the wilds of Africa.
Seite 357 - How do the beasts groan ! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
Seite 357 - The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining...
Seite 263 - ... majestic slowness ; at intervals we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm us; and small quantities of sand did actually more than once reach us. Again they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight, their tops reaching to the very clouds.
Seite 97 - ... 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 ! Reflections like these, would not allow me to despair.
Seite 263 - They retired from us with a wind at south-east, leaving an impression upon my mind to which I can give no name, though surely one ingredient in it was fear, with a considerable deal of wonder and astonishment.
Seite 182 - ... of burnished gold and silver. The smoking fires on its banks, the sounding of horns, the beating of their gongs or drums, the braying of their brass and tin trumpets, the rude huts of grass or branches of trees rising as if by magic, every where the calls on the names of Mahomed, Abdo, Mustafa, &c., with the neighing of horses and the braying of asses, gave animation to the beautiful scenery of the lake, and its sloping green and woody banks.