 ... (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...  Annual Register - Seite 416herausgegeben von - 1801Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Ernest Edwin Reynolds - 1940 - 136 Seiten
...in the morning sun, and flowing slowly to the eastward. I hastened to the brink, and, having drunk the water, lifted up my fervent thanks in prayer,...things, for having thus far crowned my endeavours with success." It was the first time that a European had reached the banks of that famous river; and he... | |
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