| 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... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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