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" ... I saw with infinite pleasure the great object of my mission; the long sought for, majestic Niger, glittering to the morning sun, as broad as the Thames at Westminster, and flowing slowly to the eastward. I hastened to the brink, and, having drank... "
Manual of modern geography, mathematical, physical, and political - Page 471
by Alexander Mackay - 1876
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Africa, Past and Present: A Concise Account

William Moister - Africa - 1879 - 442 pages
...the eastward. I hastened to the brink, and having drunk of the water, offered up my fervent thanks to the great Ruler of all things, for having thus far crowned my endeavours with success." Park found Sego, the capital of Bambarra, to be a town containing about 30,000 inhabitants, and a place...
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The Battersea series of standard reading books for boys, Book 5

Evan Daniel - 1879 - 304 pages
...the brink, and having drunk of the water, lifted up my fervent thanks in prayer to the Great Euler of all things, for having thus far crowned my endeavours with success. The circumstance of the Niger's flowing towards the east, and its collateral points, did not, however,...
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Celebrated travels and travellers, tr. from [Histoire des grands voyages et ...

Jules Verne - 1880 - 696 pages
...eastward. I hastened to the brink, and, having drunk of the water, lifted up my fervent thanks in praj^er to the Great Ruler of all things for having thus far crowned my endeavours with success. " The fact of the Niger flowing towards the cast did not, however, excite my surprise ; for, although...
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The pictorial geographical reader, Volume 2

Pictorial geographical reader - 1882 - 264 pages
...eastward. I hastened to the brink, and having drunk of the water, lifted up my fervent thanks in prayer to the Great Ruler of all things, for having thus far crowned my endeavours with success. ' The circumstance of the Niger's flowing towards the east, and its collateral points, did not however...
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The gallery of geography, a tour of the world. 6 divisions, Volume 1; Volume 81

Thomas Milner - 1882 - 262 pages
...hastened to the brink, and having drank of the water, lifted up my fervent thanks in prayer to tho Great Ruler of all things, for having thus far crowned my endeavours with success.' Being forbidden to cross tho river, and regarded with fear and astonishment by tho natives, he could...
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Elements of modern geography. 51 st thous., revised

Alexander Mackay - Geography - 1885 - 332 pages
...to Timbuctu. Yirra ; here Major Honghton, the Afriean traveller, was killed in 1791. JareA, a l&rge, well-built town on an island in the Joliba. and the seat of a great trade. • Now sobject to EgyptTimburlb ta the best-known place In Soudan, having been visited by many...
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Stanley and the White Heroes in Africa: Being an Edition from Mr. Stanley's ...

D. M. Kelsey - Africa, Central - 1890 - 844 pages
...eastward. I hastened to the brink, and having drunk of the water, lifted up my fervent thanks in prayer to the Great Ruler of all things, for having thus far crowned my endeavors with success." Having been robbed of all his possessions by the Moors, Park had no presents...
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The Story of Exploration and Adventure in Africa

Prescott Holmes - Adventure and adventurers - 1896 - 276 pages
...east. I hastened to the brink, and having drunk of the water, lifted up my fervent thanks in prayer to the Great Ruler of all things for having thus far crowned my efforts with success." Sego, the capital of Bambarra, consists of four distinct towns ; two on the...
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Montaigne and Other Essays: Chiefly Biographical

Thomas Carlyle - Biography - 1897 - 340 pages
...eastward. I hastened to the brink, and, having drank of the water, lifted up my fervent thanks in prayer to the great Ruler of all things for having thus far crowned my endeavours with success." He had now indeed seen this mysterious stream, and ascertained the great fact of its flowing to the...
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Mungo Park

T. Banks Maclachlan - Africa, West - 1898 - 186 pages
...eastward. I hastened to the brink, and, having drank of the water, lifted up my fervent thanks in prayer to the Great Ruler of all things, for having thus far crowned my endeavours with success.' CHAPTER VII ON THE NIGER PARK was astonished at the signs of civilisation and wealth he saw around...
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