Padron, it is stated that the river put on a majestic appearance, that the scenery was beautiful, and not inferior to any on the banks of the Thames ; and the natives of this part all agreed in stating, that they knew of no impediment to the continued... Journal of Science and the Arts - Page 1611818Full view - About this book
| Science - 1818 - 484 pages
...beautiful, and not. inferior to that of the banks of the Thames ; and the natives of this part all agreed in stating that they know of no impediment to the...during the whole year, has been completely refuted by 1 he present expedition; but Mr. Barrow conceives, that the argument which was founded on this supposition,... | |
| James Hingston Tuckey - Congo (Democratic Republic) - 1818 - 630 pages
...any on the banks of the Thames ; and the natives of this part all agreed in stating, that they knew of no impediment to the continued navigation of the...which however canoes were able to pass. The opinion that the Zaire is in a constant state of flood, or, in other words, that it continues to be swelled... | |
| English literature - 1818 - 594 pages
...to any on the banks of the Thames; and the natives of this part all agreed in stating that they knew of no impediment to the continued navigation of the...rapid, over which, however, canoes were able to pass." their intercourse and negotiations with the natives as they passed along is possessed of little interest,... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1818 - 574 pages
...two branches ; and that the only obstruction, in that to the north-east, was a single ledge of rock*, forming a kind of rapid, over which, however, canoes were able to pass. Though the question of the identity of the Niger and the Zaire remains pretty much in the same state... | |
| 1818 - 586 pages
...higher up it divided into two branches ; and that the only obstruction, in that to the north-east, was a single ledge of rocks, forming a kind of rapid, over which, however, canoes, were able to pass. Though the question of the identity of the Niger and the Zaire remains pretty much in the same state... | |
| J K Tuckey - History - 1967 - 638 pages
...any on the banks of the Thames ; and the natives of this part all agreed in stating, that they knew of no impediment to the continued navigation of the...which however canoes were able to pass. The opinion that the Zaire is in a constant state of flood, or, in other words, that it continues to be swelled... | |
| English literature - 1818 - 572 pages
...higher up it divided into two branches ; and that the only obstruction, in that to the north-east, was a single ledge of rocks, forming a kind of rapid, over which, however, canoes were able to pass. Though the question of the identity of the Niger and the Zaire remains pretty much in the same state... | |
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