Travels from the Cape of Good-Hope Into the Interior Parts of Africa: Including Many Interesting Anecdotes. With Elegant Plates, Descriptive of the Country and Inhabitants ...Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1972 |
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... skins very extraordinary ; but remarking afterwards that the earth in this part of the country was nearly of the fame colour , and reflecting that the Elephant paffes great part of his time in grovelling in wet marshy places , I con ...
... skins very extraordinary ; but remarking afterwards that the earth in this part of the country was nearly of the fame colour , and reflecting that the Elephant paffes great part of his time in grovelling in wet marshy places , I con ...
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... skin off the Hippo- potamus , to make what , in this country , the call Chanboc , which are whips , used to drive the oxen . They are like those used in Europe , but much larger and longer . The skin , which in some parts is two inches ...
... skin off the Hippo- potamus , to make what , in this country , the call Chanboc , which are whips , used to drive the oxen . They are like those used in Europe , but much larger and longer . The skin , which in some parts is two inches ...
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... skins of the Rhinoceros ; these indeed are pre- fered by the inhabitants of the Cape , for though not so strong ... skin of these animals is not fit for any other use ; it is much like that of the hog , except in thicknefs ; indeed the ...
... skins of the Rhinoceros ; these indeed are pre- fered by the inhabitants of the Cape , for though not so strong ... skin of these animals is not fit for any other use ; it is much like that of the hog , except in thicknefs ; indeed the ...
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Travels from the Cape of Good-Hope, Into the Interior Parts of Africa ... François Le Vaillant Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1790 |
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Common terms and phrases
affured almoſt animal anſwer beafts beaſts beſt birds Caffrees camp Cape cauſe Coloniſts confiderable croffed cuſtom danger diſcovered diſtance dogs Elephant Engliſh eſcape fame favages fear fearch feemed feen fent ferved fervice feven feveral fhew fhot fide fire firſt fituation flaves fome fometimes foon fpecies freſh fuch fufficient furniſhed gave Gazells greateſt himſelf Hippopotamus Hoord horſe Hottentots Hyæna intereſting itſelf journey Kees Kraal laſt leagues leaſt leſs likewife maſter meaſure moſt mountains muſt myſelf Narina neceffary never night obferved obliged occafion oxen paffage paffed paſs pleaſed pleaſure poffible preſented procure provifion purpoſe purſued raiſed reaſon reſt river Saldanha Bay ſaw ſcarce ſee ſeemed ſeen ſet ſeveral ſhe ſhip ſhot ſhould ſkins ſmall ſome ſpecies ſpot ſtopped ſurpriſed Table Bay thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand trees ufual uſe utmoſt veffel vifit waggon whofe whoſe wiſhed