Imperial Africa: The Rise, Progress and Future of the British Possessions in Africa, Հատոր 1Imperial Press, limited, 1898 |
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Imperial Africa: The Rise, Progress and Future of the British ..., Հատոր 1 Augustus Ferryman Mockler-Ferryman Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1898 |
Imperial Africa: The Rise, Progress and Future of the British ..., Հատոր 1 Augustus Ferryman Mockler-Ferryman Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1898 |
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Adamawa Arabs Ashanti Baghirmi bank Barth Bello Benin Benué River Borgu Bornu boundary Boussa Brass Britain British capital Captain century chiefs Clapperton Colony commenced Consul Dahomey Denham district east Emir Empire England established European eventually expedition export force French Fulah Gambia Gando Gold Coast Government Hausa hinterland human sacrifices Ilorin important inhabitants interior ivory Kano Katsena king kingdom known Kuka Kumassi Lagos Laird Lake Chad land Lokoja Lower Niger Macgregor Laird matter merchants Middle Niger miles mission missionaries Mohammedan natives negro neighbourhood Niger Coast Niger Coast Protectorate Nupé officers Oil Rivers Old Calabar pagan pagan tribes palm palm-oil possessions principal Protectorate province Rabeh Royal Niger Company Samory Sheik Sierra Leone slave-raiding slave-trade slavery slaves Sokoto Soudan steamers Sultan territory Timbuctoo town trade traveller treaties tree various Vide Chapter villages visited West Africa West Coast Yola Yoruba
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Էջ 493 - In case neither of the high contracting parties should have notified twelve months before the expiration of the said ten years the intention of terminating it, it shall remain binding until the expiration of one year from the day on which either of the high contracting parties shall have denounced it. But if when the date fixed for its expiration arrives either ally is actually engaged in war the alliance shall ipso facto continue until peace is concluded.
Էջ 432 - Aka ; ascends the mid-channel of that river to the 6° 20' parallel of north latitude ; runs along that parallel westwards to the right bank of the River Dohawe or Showe : follows that bank of the river till it reaches the parallel corresponding with the point of confluence of the River Deine with the Volta ; it runs along that parallel westward till it reaches the Volta ; from that point it ascends the left bank of the Volta till it arrives at the neutral zone established by the Agreement of 1888,...
Էջ 415 - Canada by land carriage and in bond, under such rules and regulations as may be agreed upon between the Government of her Britannic Majesty and the Government of the United States. Citizens of the United States may for the like period carry in United States...
Էջ 415 - Chad, drawn in such a manner as to comprise in the sphere of action of the Niger Company all that fairly belongs to the Kingdom of Sokoto; the line to be determined by the Commissioners to be appointed.
Էջ 415 - On the Slave Coast, the line of demarcation between the spheres of influence of the two Powers shall be identical with the meridian which intersects the territory of Porto Novo at the Ajarra Creek, leaving Pokrah or Pokea to the English Colony of Lagos. It shall follow the above-mentioned meridian as far as the 9th degree of north latitude, where it shall stop.
Էջ 496 - In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the present convention and have affixed thereto their seals. Done in duplicate at Washington the irday of August in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eighteen.
Էջ 395 - There is no piety in turning your faces towards the East or the West, but he is pious who believeth in God, and the Last Day, and the Angels, and the Scriptures and the Prophets ; who for the love of 'God disburseth his wealth to his kindred, and to the orphans, and the needy, and the wayfarer, and those who ask, and for ransoming...
Էջ 491 - ... metres) ; then due north until it regains the 14th parallel of north latitude ; then eastwards along this parallel as far as its intersection, with the meridian passing 35' east of the centre of the town of Kuka, and thence this meridian southward until its intersection with the southern shore of Lake Chad. . ' The Government of the French Republic!
Էջ 432 - ... a provisional line of demarcation is adopted between the German sphere in the Cameroons and the adjoining British sphere, which, starting from the head of the Rio del Rey creek, goes direct to the point, about 9° 8' of east longitude, marked "Rapids" in the British Admiralty Chart.
Էջ 139 - ... tails, and hanging over the flanks. On the neck, even the...