 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 352 Seiten
...extensive city, the numerous canoes on the river, the crowded population, and the cultivated stale of the surrounding country, formed altogether a prospect...I little expected to find in the bosom of Africa. " I waited more than two hours without having an opportunity of crossing the river, during which time... | |
 | 1844 - 384 Seiten
...quarter. The place was estimated to contain about thirty thousand inhabitants. The numerous canoes on the river, the crowded population, and the cultivated state of the surrounding country, presented altogether an appearance of civilization and magnificence little expected in the bosom of... | |
 | James Cowles Prichard - 1845 - 748 Seiten
...quarter, and ferries conveying men and horses over the Niger. " The view of this extensive city," says Mr. Park, " the numerous canoes upon the river, the crowded...surrounding country, formed altogether a prospect of civilisation and magnificence which I little expected to find in the bosom of Africa." To the eastward,... | |
 | Samuel Augustus Mitchell - 1846 - 604 Seiten
...whitewashed, the streets are commodious, and mosques rise in every quarter. The numerous canoes on the river, the crowded population, and the cultivated state of the surrounding country, exhibit altogether a scene of civilization and magnificence scarcely to be expected in the centre of... | |
 | Wilson Armistead - 1848 - 668 Seiten
...€rilmte fnr % Urgrn. houses on the river, the crowded population, and the cultivated state of the country, formed altogether a prospect of civilization...I little expected to find in the bosom of Africa." The same traveller, after relating an affecting interview between a poor blind Negro widow and her... | |
 | James Cowles Prichard - 1851 - 412 Seiten
...quarter, and ferries conveying men and horses over the Niger. " The view of this extensive city," says Mr. Park, " the numerous canoes upon the river, the crowded...I little expected to find in the bosom of Africa." To the eastward he passed a large town called Kabba, situated, aa he says, in ihe middle of a beautiful... | |
 | Hugh Murray - 1853 - 512 Seiten
...quarter, — and it was estimated to contain about thirty thousand inhabitants. The numerous canoes on the river, the crowded population, and the cultivated state of the surrounding country, presented altogether an appearance of civilisation and magnificence little expected in the bosom of... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1854 - 740 Seiten
...quarter. The place was estimated to contain about thirty thousand inhabitants. The numerous canoes on the river, the crowded population, and the cultivated state of the surrounding country, presented altogether an appearance of civilization and magnificence little expected in the bosom of... | |
 | Hugh Murray - 1855 - 652 Seiten
...whitewashed, the streets are commodious, and mosques rise in every quarter. The numerous canoes on the river, the crowded population, and the cultivated state of the surrounding country, exhibit altogether a scene of civilisation and magnificence scarcely to be expected in the centre of... | |
 | James Augustus St. John - 1859 - 396 Seiten
...striking in the highest degree. " The view of this extensive city," he observes, " the numerous canoes on the river, the crowded population, and the cultivated...I little expected to find in the bosom of Africa." While he was thus wailing for a passage, the news was conveyed to Mansong that a white man was on \he... | |
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The view of this extensive city ; the numerous canoes upon the river ; the crowded population and the cultivated state of the surrounding country, formed altogether a prospect of civilization and magnificence, which I little expected to find in the bosom... 
