Narrative of an Exploring Voyage Up the Rivers Kwóra and Bínue: (commonly Known as the Niger and Tsádda) in 1854. With a Map and Appendices. Pub. with the Sanction of Her Majesty's Government. By William Balfour Baikie |
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Page viii
... short day's journey , from sunrise to about noon , or from eight to twelve or fourteen miles , ten being perhaps the nearest average , which may represent eight miles of actual progress . I have felt obliged often to be more personal ...
... short day's journey , from sunrise to about noon , or from eight to twelve or fourteen miles , ten being perhaps the nearest average , which may represent eight miles of actual progress . I have felt obliged often to be more personal ...
Page ix
... short journal , referring more especially to the prospects for missionary efforts , while the other seems rather to relate the private opinions and individual experiences of a member of the party , than to contain an account of the ...
... short journal , referring more especially to the prospects for missionary efforts , while the other seems rather to relate the private opinions and individual experiences of a member of the party , than to contain an account of the ...
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... short , but I got on shore , and visited the Presbyterian Mission House , prettily situated on a rising ground to the southward of the town , where I made the acquaintance of the Rev. W. Anderson . From this spot there is a fine view of ...
... short , but I got on shore , and visited the Presbyterian Mission House , prettily situated on a rising ground to the southward of the town , where I made the acquaintance of the Rev. W. Anderson . From this spot there is a fine view of ...
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... short distance . On entering it we found it , at first , so extremely narrow , that we had to lay in our oars and to use paddles ; but , after a time , it opened into a wide expanse , the surface of which was covered with canoes of ...
... short distance . On entering it we found it , at first , so extremely narrow , that we had to lay in our oars and to use paddles ; but , after a time , it opened into a wide expanse , the surface of which was covered with canoes of ...
Page 77
... short , perpendicular lines , between the eye and the ear , and three shorter horizontal ones on the upper part of the nose , just between the eyebrows , while the women have the same mark on the nose , but have six of the perpendicular ...
... short , perpendicular lines , between the eye and the ear , and three shorter horizontal ones on the upper part of the nose , just between the eyebrows , while the women have the same mark on the nose , but have six of the perpendicular ...
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A'boko's Abó African afternoon Alihéli anchored Andony appearance ashore Attá Badagry bank Bássa Beecroft Bínue boat Bonny Bornú brass called Cameroon canoes chief chiefly coast Confluence cowries creek Crowther dialect Djúku Dóma eastward expedition Fcap feet Fernando Fernando Po Formoso Fulátas gave ground Gúrowa Hamarúwa Hausa Hutchinson huts I'gbira I'gbo Iddá Igára Igbégbe Igbo inhabitants Island Isuáma ivory journey Kalabár Keána King Korórofa Krú Krúmen Kwóra Lagos landed language look Macgregor Laird mark meridian altitude miles Mítshi morning named natives nearly night numerous Núpe o'clock O'jogo observations Orú palm-oil Pánda Páro party passed Pleiad Post 8vo present preter Púlo reached river Second Edition sent ship shore side Sierra Leone slaves steam supercargo Third Edition told town trade trees tribes Tshúkuma village Vols voyage wood Woodcuts Wukári yams Yoruba Zhibú Zúri
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