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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... Village under Water - Astonish- ment of the Natives - People become curious - Ruse de Guerre— Rapid Retreat Dúlti Regatta - Terror of the Krúmen — The Race Won 135-200 CHAPTER VII . THE RETURN . Apology for Dúlti- " Ne plus ultra ...
... Village under Water - Astonish- ment of the Natives - People become curious - Ruse de Guerre— Rapid Retreat Dúlti Regatta - Terror of the Krúmen — The Race Won 135-200 CHAPTER VII . THE RETURN . Apology for Dúlti- " Ne plus ultra ...
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... village , we landed , but the inhabitants , alarmed , had completely evacuated the place , leaving it quite at our mercy . My boat's crew of Krú- men were rather desirous of exercising the pri- vileges of conquerors , and of picking up ...
... village , we landed , but the inhabitants , alarmed , had completely evacuated the place , leaving it quite at our mercy . My boat's crew of Krú- men were rather desirous of exercising the pri- vileges of conquerors , and of picking up ...
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... villages and other signs of life showed themselves where all formerly was desolate and uninhabited , and the very people ... village on the right bank , I stopped and tried to induce the people to come off to us , but they seemed afraid ...
... villages and other signs of life showed themselves where all formerly was desolate and uninhabited , and the very people ... village on the right bank , I stopped and tried to induce the people to come off to us , but they seemed afraid ...
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... village on the left bank , off which we delayed for a little . Plenty of canoes came off , by which means we learnt that it was Angiáma , being the place where poor Lander received his mortal wound . Among others the chief came ...
... village on the left bank , off which we delayed for a little . Plenty of canoes came off , by which means we learnt that it was Angiáma , being the place where poor Lander received his mortal wound . Among others the chief came ...
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... villages . Just above Truro Island , by foolishly keeping too close under a point , we grounded and remained firmly fixed for ... village has its own headman . The people are a wild , rude , and treacherous race , savage , and often ...
... villages . Just above Truro Island , by foolishly keeping too close under a point , we grounded and remained firmly fixed for ... village has its own headman . The people are a wild , rude , and treacherous race , savage , and often ...
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A'boko's Abó African afternoon Alihéli anchored Andony appearance ashore Attá bank Bássa Beecroft Bíni 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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