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Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa; Performed in the Years 1850-51: Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government
Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 185051 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government Author:James Richardson General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1853 Original Publisher: Chapman and Hall Subjects: Missions Slavery Blacks Africa, Central Borno State (Nigeria) Borno (Nigeria : State) Sahara Borno (Nigeria) Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there m... more »ay be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: START PROM THE OASIS. 29 CHAPTER III. Leave Mizdah -- Gloomy Country -- Matrimonial Squabbles in the Caravan -- "Playing at Powder" -- Desert Geology -- A Roman Mausoleum -- Sport -- A Bully tamed -- Fatiguing March -- Wady Taghijah -- Our old friend the Ethel-Tree -- The Waled Bou Seif -- Independent Arabs -- A splendid Mausoleum -- One of the nagahs foals -- Division of a Goat -- 'March over a monotonous country -- Valley of Amjam -- Two new Trees -- Saluting the New Moon -- . Sight the Plateau of the Hamadah -- Wady Tabooneeah -- Travelling Flies -- The Desert Hour -- A secluded Oasis -- Buying Barley -- Ghareeah -- Roman Remains -- Oasean Cultivation -- Taxation -- Sand-Pillar -- Arrangements for crossing the Hamadah -- An Emeute in the Caravan -- Are compelled to discharge the quarrelsome Ali. We started for Mizdab, at length, towards noon, Sheikh Omer bringing us a little on our way, and begging to be well spoken of in high quarters; and after passing the ruins of two Arab castles that frown over the southern side of Wady Esh-Shrab, got into a gloomy country, exactly resembling that on the other side of the oasis, except that the strata of the limestone rocks, instead of being horizontal are inclined. The whole desert, however, wears a more arid appearance. Yet there were some lote-trees here and there, and a few tholukhs. The traces of the aoudad were noticed ; and the blacks, 30 MORE QUARRELS. picking up its dung, smelt it as mus...« less