Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa: Performed Under the Direction and Patronage of the African Association, in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797Bulmer and Company, 1799 - 372 halaman |
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Halaman xi
... Foulahs , and Mandingoes . — Some Account of the Trade between the Nations of Europe and the Natives of Africa by the Way of the Gambia , and between the Native Inhabitants of the Coast and the Nations of the interior Countries — their ...
... Foulahs , and Mandingoes . — Some Account of the Trade between the Nations of Europe and the Natives of Africa by the Way of the Gambia , and between the Native Inhabitants of the Coast and the Nations of the interior Countries — their ...
Halaman xii
... Foulahs . page 46 CHAPTER V. Account of Kajaaga . — Serawoollies - their Manners and Language . - Account of Joag . The Author is ill treated , and robbed of half of his Effects , by Order of Batcheri , the King . - Charity of a female ...
... Foulahs . page 46 CHAPTER V. Account of Kajaaga . — Serawoollies - their Manners and Language . - Account of Joag . The Author is ill treated , and robbed of half of his Effects , by Order of Batcheri , the King . - Charity of a female ...
Halaman xviii
... divisible into three Parts - Productive in Gold - Boundary of the Moors and Negroes - the Foulahs , the Leucæthiopes of the Ancients . P. lxxxii The following AFRICAN WORDS , recurring very frequently in the xviii CONTENTS .
... divisible into three Parts - Productive in Gold - Boundary of the Moors and Negroes - the Foulahs , the Leucæthiopes of the Ancients . P. lxxxii The following AFRICAN WORDS , recurring very frequently in the xviii CONTENTS .
Halaman 15
... Foulahs , and the Mandingoes . Among all these nations , the religion of Mahomet has made , and continues to make , consi- derable progress ; but , in most of them , the body of the people , both free and enslaved , persevere in ...
... Foulahs , and the Mandingoes . Among all these nations , the religion of Mahomet has made , and continues to make , consi- derable progress ; but , in most of them , the body of the people , both free and enslaved , persevere in ...
Halaman 17
... Foulahs ( or Pholeys ) , such of them at least as reside near the Gambia , are chiefly of a tawny complexion , with soft silky hair , and pleasing features . They are much attached to a pas- toral life , and have introduced themselves ...
... Foulahs ( or Pholeys ) , such of them at least as reside near the Gambia , are chiefly of a tawny complexion , with soft silky hair , and pleasing features . They are much attached to a pas- toral life , and have introduced themselves ...
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Halaman 244 - At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss in fructification irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation ; for 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...
Halaman 300 - I could learn, is never found in any matrix or vein, but always in small grains, nearly in a pure state, from the size of a pin's head to that of a pea; scattered through a large body of sand or clay...
Halaman 263 - 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.
Halaman 243 - 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.
Halaman 197 - ... the night threatened to be very uncomfortable, for the wind rose, and there was great appearance of a heavy rain ; and the wild beasts are so very numerous in the neighbourhood, that I should have been under the necessity of climbing up the tree, and resting among the branches.
Halaman 244 - I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsule 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 ; I started up, and disregarding both hunger and fatigue, travelled forwards,...
Halaman 177 - Here then, thought I, after a short but ineffectual struggle, terminate all my hopes of being useful in my day and generation ; here must the short span of my life come to an end.
Halaman 279 - European to see a child suck a piece of rock-salt as if it were sugar. This, however, I have frequently seen ; although, in the inland parts, the poorer class of inhabitants are so very rarely indulged with this precious article, that to say a man eats salt with his victuals is the same as saying he is a rich man.
Halaman 198 - I might sleep there without apprehension) called to the female part of her family, who had stood gazing on me all the while in fixed astonishment, to resume their task of spinning cotton ; in which they continued to employ themselves great part of the night.
Halaman 236 - I therefore wrote the board full from top to bottom on both sides ; and my landlord, to be certain of having the whole force of the charm, washed the writing from the board into a calabash with a little water, and having said a few prayers over it, drank this powerful draught : after which, lest a single word should escape, he licked the board until it was quite dry.