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... ( African Nations , Oxford , 1838 , ii . 154 , 155 ) notices the great importance the Egyptians attributed to astronomy ... Western Africa , 8vo , 1847 , vol . i . p . 30 ) . See Bruce's Travels , Edinburgh , 1790 , vol . i . pp . 128-132 ...
... ( African Nations , Oxford , 1838 , ii . 154 , 155 ) notices the great importance the Egyptians attributed to astronomy ... Western Africa , 8vo , 1847 , vol . i . p . 30 ) . See Bruce's Travels , Edinburgh , 1790 , vol . i . pp . 128-132 ...
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... African Nations , Oxford , 1838 , vol . ii . p . 290 ) . See Denham and Clapperton's Africa , 1826 , 4to , p . 26 ... western side of See also the Nile , is a sculpture which , says Heeren ( African Nations , ii . ART . 2172 . 221 ) ...
... African Nations , Oxford , 1838 , vol . ii . p . 290 ) . See Denham and Clapperton's Africa , 1826 , 4to , p . 26 ... western side of See also the Nile , is a sculpture which , says Heeren ( African Nations , ii . ART . 2172 . 221 ) ...
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Henry Thomas Buckle. pp . 157-160 ) . Among the negroes of Western Africa , metem- psychosis is a very common doctrine ( see Prichard's Physical History of Mankind , vol . i . pp . 210 , 211 , 8vo , 1841 ) , and it is held by some of the ...
Henry Thomas Buckle. pp . 157-160 ) . Among the negroes of Western Africa , metem- psychosis is a very common doctrine ( see Prichard's Physical History of Mankind , vol . i . pp . 210 , 211 , 8vo , 1841 ) , and it is held by some of the ...
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... Western Africa ( see Meredith's Account of the Gold Coast , 8vo , 1812 , p . 157 ) . 4. The Ceylonese make the leaves of the talipot - tree " into umbrellas of all sizes " ( Percival's Ceylon , 4to , 1805 , p . 332 ) . 5. Bowdich's ...
... Western Africa ( see Meredith's Account of the Gold Coast , 8vo , 1812 , p . 157 ) . 4. The Ceylonese make the leaves of the talipot - tree " into umbrellas of all sizes " ( Percival's Ceylon , 4to , 1805 , p . 332 ) . 5. Bowdich's ...
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... Western Africa , 8vo , 1847 , vol . ii . p . 6 ) . The English in 1563 reckoned four men for each oar ( see Forbes ' State Papers , ii . 382 ) . 1497. IMPORTANCE AND RICHNESS OF THE JAPANESE COPPER . " The principal articles carried ...
... Western Africa , 8vo , 1847 , vol . ii . p . 6 ) . The English in 1563 reckoned four men for each oar ( see Forbes ' State Papers , ii . 382 ) . 1497. IMPORTANCE AND RICHNESS OF THE JAPANESE COPPER . " The principal articles carried ...
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