Zeitschrift für allgemeine Erdkunde, Band 3D. Reimer, 1854 |
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Seite 435 - Voyage en Islande et au Groenland exécuté pendant les années 1835 et 1836 sur la corvette La Recherche commandée par Mr Tréhouart, lieutenant de vaisseau, dans le but de découvrir les traces de La Lilloise.
Seite 207 - Zahara of North America. It is a region almost as vast and trackless as the ocean — a land where no man, either savage or civilized, permanently abides; it spreads forth into a treeless, desolate waste of uninhabited solitude, which always has been, and must continue, uninhabited forever ; even the savages dare not venture to cross it except at two or three places, where they know water can be found.
Seite 74 - ... use of. Rice might have been cultivated in Bornou, before it became the scene of such constant warfare as has 'for the last fifteen years defaced the country. It is now brought from Soudan. In the neighbourhood of Muffatai small quantities are raised, but the rice of Bornou is of an inferior quality.
Seite 414 - ... previous year had been much damaged by the Esquimaux to obtain the ironwork, but the tents were uninjured, and the cache of pemmican and ammunition untouched. One encouraging fact runs through all these explorations of the North American coast — and that is, the abundance of animal life to be met with. In 1848 the gun of Rae procured a constant supply of fresh provision for the whole party. In Richardson's journal we read : — ' Aug. 19. Mr. Rae brought in two fine reindeer. — Aug. 20. Mr....
Seite 172 - ... of an inch, it discovers in the masonry a combination of science and art which can only be referred to a higher stage of civilization and refinement than is discoverable in the works of Mexicans or Pueblos of the present day. Indeed, so beautifully diminutive and true are the details of the structure as to cause it, at a little distance, to have all the appearance of a magnificent piece of Mosaic work.
Seite 75 - ... feeding, close to their heads ; and notwithstanding the natural dislike those animals have to flames and smoke, they will hang their heads over the fire, so as to suffer themselves to be all but scorched, in order to obtain a little rest from their persecutors. Of scorpions we had seen but few, but the white and black ants were like the sands in number : the white ones made their way into every trunk, of whatever sort of wood they were made, as if it had been paper. And on the late expedition,...
Seite 75 - ... temperature we should wish for an increase of heat; but the dampness of the atmosphere, and the millions of flies and mosquitoes, beyond all conception, that accompanied it, rendered it almost impossible to enjoy any thing like repose, either by day or night. The annoyance of these insects I had experienced at Lisbon, Naples, and in the other parts of Italy and Sicily, but neither in numbers, nor in peace-disturbing powers, were they to be compared with these. Towards the evening, a fire in the...
Seite 207 - Our road from here runs across the "Llano Estacado" for seventyeight miles upon a perfectly level prairie as firm and smooth as marble. It then descends from the high table land about fifty feet into a rolling prairie country, where the Colorado of Texas has its source. Thus far there is but little timber or water upon our route, except at certain points noted upon the map; but these points can be made from day to day with loaded teams.
Seite 207 - Llano Estacado" of New Mexico; or, in other words, the great Zahara of North America. It is a region almost as vast and trackless as the ocean — a land where no man, either savage or civilized permanently abides; it spreads forth into a treeless, desolate waste of uninhabited solitude, which always has been, and must continue, uninhabited forever; even the savages dare not venture to cross it except at two or three places, where they...
Seite 207 - When we were upon the high table-land, a view presented itself as boundless as the ocean. Not a tree, shrub, or any other object, either animate or inanimate, relieved the dreary monotony of the prospect; it was a vast, illimitable expanse of desert prairie — the dreaded "Llano Estacado" of New Mexico; or, in other words, the great Zahara of North America.