 | Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa - 1798 - 136 pages
...buildings, Moorish mosques are seen in every quarter. These objects, with the numerous boats on the river, a crowded population, and the cultivated state of the...a prospect of civilization and magnificence, which our traveller little expected to find in the bosom of Africa. From the best inquiries he could make,... | |
 | Mungo Park - Africa - 1799 - 524 pages
...the bank of the river, to wait for a more favourable opportunity. The view of this extensive city ; the numerous canoes upon the river; the crowded population,...I little expected to find in the bosom of Africa. , ; . I waited more than two hours, without having an opportunity of crossing the river; during which... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1800 - 458 pages
...the bank of the river to wait for a more favourable opportunity. The view of this extenfive city ( the numerous canoes upon the river ; the crowded population, and the cultivated Hate of the furrounding country, formed altogether a profpeft of civilization and magnificence, which... | |
 | Great Britain - 1800 - 490 pages
...crowded population and the cultivated ftate of the furrounding country, formed, altogether, a profpecl of civilization and magnificence which I little expected to find in the bofom of Afrca. " I waited more than two hours, without having an opportunity of croffing the river;... | |
 | Mungo Park - Africa - 1807 - 594 pages
...the bank of the river, to wait for a more favourable opportunity. The view pf this extensive city ; the numerous canoes upon the river; the crowded population,...I little expected to find in the bosom of Africa. ,..> * v •;;•• '' I. it 1») i /«..,.•' —«. * ' »*'* I waited more than two hours without... | |
 | William Wilberforce - Slave trade - 1807 - 412 pages
...that Lego contains altogether about thirty thousand inhabitants."—" The view of this extensive city, the numerous canoes upon the river, the crowded population,...prospect of civilization and magnificence, which I little " Cultivation is carried on here on a very extensive scale ; and, as the natives themselves express... | |
 | John Bigland - Geography - 1811 - 588 pages
...believe that Sego contains, altogether, about 80,000 inhabitants. The view of this extensive city, the numerous canoes upon the river, the crowded population,...a prospect of civilization and magnificence which L little expected to find in the bosom of Africa.f Sego is situated, as nearly as can be ascertained... | |
 | Priscilla Wakefield - Africa - 1814 - 396 pages
...passage, I had an opportunity of contemplating with surprise this extensive city, the numerous canoes on the river, the crowded population, and the cultivated state of the surrounding country. After a short stay I procured a guide, and, following an easterly direction, passed a large town, called... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1815 - 596 pages
...sea coast, contains altogether about thirty thousand inhabitants. The view of this extensive city, the numerous canoes upon the river, the crowded population...little expected to find in the bosom of Africa."- pp. 195, 196. " About eight o'clock we passed a large town called Kabba, situated in the midst of a... | |
 | Mungo Park - Africa - 1816 - 576 pages
...the bank of the river, to wait for a more favourable opportunity. The view of this extensive city ; the numerous canoes upon the river ; the crowded population...I little expected to find in the bosom of Africa. I waited more than two hours without having an opportunity of crossing the river; during which time... | |
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The view of this extensive city ; the numerous canoes upon the river ; the crowded population and the cultivated state of the surrounding country, formed altogether a prospect of civilization and magnificence, which I little expected to find in the bosom... 
