 ... (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
 | William Henry Giles Kingston - 1874 - 560 Seiten
...flowing slowly to the east. He hastened to the brink, and having drunk of the water, offered up his fervent thanks in prayer to the Great Ruler of all things for having thus far crowned his endeavours with success. Sego, the capital of Bambarra — at which he had now arrived — consists,... | |
 | English explorers - 1875 - 680 Seiten
...Thames at Westminster, and flowing slowly ta the eastward. I hastened to the brink, and having drunk of the water, lifted up my fervent thanks in prayer...things, for having thus far crowned my endeavours with success. The circumstance of the Niger's flowing towards the east, and its collateral points, did not,... | |
 | James Mason - 1875 - 674 Seiten
...Thames at Westminster, and flowing slowly to the eastward. I hastened to the brink, and having drunk of the water, lifted up my fervent thanks in prayer...things, for having thus far crowned my endeavours with success.' This great traveller met on his journeyings with many striking adventures. Once, when suffering... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1876 - 818 Seiten
...morning sun, about as broad as tlia Thumes at Westminster. "I hastened," he remarks, " to the brink, and having drank of the water, lifted up my fervent thanks in prayer to the great Kuler of all ihiugs, for having thus far crowned my endeavours with success." The events of this memorable... | |
 | Alexander Mackay - 1876 - 720 Seiten
...eastward. I hastened to the brink, and having drunk of the water, lifted up my fervent thanks in ¡•rayer to the Great Ruler of all things for having thus far crowned my endeavours with success." Benowm, a principal caravan station on the route from Senegal to Timbuctu. Yarra: here Major... | |
 | N. D'Anvers - 1877 - 498 Seiten
...as broad as the Thames at Westminster, and flowing slowly to the eastward. I hastened to the brink, and, having drank of the water, lifted up my fervent...things for having thus far crowned my endeavours with success." The great discovery was made, the Niger had been seen by European eyes; it was now known... | |
 | Mungo Park - 1878 - 440 Seiten
...as broad as the Thames at Westminster, and flowing slowly io the eastward. I hastened to the brink, and having drank of the water, lifted up my fervent...things, for having thus far crowned my endeavours with success. The circumstance of the Niger's flowing towards the east, and its collateral points, did not,... | |
 | William Moister - 1879 - 442 Seiten
...the eastward. I hastened to the brink, and having drunk of the water, offered up my fervent thanks to the great Ruler of all things, for having thus far crowned my endeavours with success." Park found Sego, the capital of Bambarra, to be a town containing about 30,000 inhabitants,... | |
 | Evan Daniel - 1879 - 304 Seiten
...Thames at Westminster, and flowing slowly to the eastward. I hastened to the brink, and having drunk of the water, lifted up my fervent thanks in prayer to the Great Euler of all things, for having thus far crowned my endeavours with success. The circumstance of the... | |
 | Jules Verne - 1880 - 696 Seiten
...eastward. I hastened to the brink, and, having drunk of the water, lifted up my fervent thanks in praj^er to the Great Ruler of all things for having thus far crowned my endeavours with success. " The fact of the Niger flowing towards the cast did not, however, excite my surprise ; for,... | |
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