Remarks on the Country Extending from Cape Palmas to the River Congo: Including Observations on the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants ...G. & W.B. Whittaker, 1823 - 265 páginas |
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... distance of the rock from the boat , a line drawn from his eye , and terminating at the distance of five leagues , would require an object to be 160 feet high to be seen at that point ; and at the distance of six and a half leagues , an ...
... distance of the rock from the boat , a line drawn from his eye , and terminating at the distance of five leagues , would require an object to be 160 feet high to be seen at that point ; and at the distance of six and a half leagues , an ...
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... distance , and the surface of which was tranquil , and smooth as a mirror , except where the surf , rolling in heavy masses on the shore and covering it with white foam , gave notice of its prox- imity . Light and shade were finely con ...
... distance , and the surface of which was tranquil , and smooth as a mirror , except where the surf , rolling in heavy masses on the shore and covering it with white foam , gave notice of its prox- imity . Light and shade were finely con ...
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... distances with lead , for the purpose of spreading and sinking it . With a jerk he casts it from him , having first given it a quick , circular motion , by which means the lead flies off in radii , as from 40 FANTEES .
... distances with lead , for the purpose of spreading and sinking it . With a jerk he casts it from him , having first given it a quick , circular motion , by which means the lead flies off in radii , as from 40 FANTEES .
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... distance from the beach , to which it runs parallel to the east , and communicates with the sea at Popo , but terminates in a wooded morass to the west , which morass intersects the road to Ardrah . Three forts have been erected near ...
... distance from the beach , to which it runs parallel to the east , and communicates with the sea at Popo , but terminates in a wooded morass to the west , which morass intersects the road to Ardrah . Three forts have been erected near ...
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... distance of half a mile . Mr. Lionel Abson , the governor ( subse quently deceased ) , had at this period , re- sided fifteen years at Wydah , and in habits and manners had nearly become a Daho- mian ; and it always forcibly struck me ...
... distance of half a mile . Mr. Lionel Abson , the governor ( subse quently deceased ) , had at this period , re- sided fifteen years at Wydah , and in habits and manners had nearly become a Daho- mian ; and it always forcibly struck me ...
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Remarks on the Country Extending from Cape Palmas to the River ..., Volume 1 John Adams Visualização integral - 1823 |
Remarks on the Country Extending from Cape Palmas to the River ..., Volume 1 John Adams Visualização integral - 1823 |
Remarks on the Country Extending from Cape Palmas to the River Congo ... John Adams Visualização integral - 1823 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
Abomey Accra Africa anchor Angola Annamaboo Appolonia Ardrah Asshantee Badagry Bafts beach Benin best Ditto bight of Benin black monarch blue boats Bonny brandy burthen Cabenda calavancies called Camaroons canoes Cape Coast Cape Palmas captain Chelloes climate coast of Angola colour consequence considerable Cost Trade Cradoo lake creek crew Dahomy demand distance Drewin eastward embouchure European extremely Fantee fetiche fish Formosa French Gatto Gold Coast gold-takers Grewhe Gunpowder Guns harmattan Heebos Housa India inhabitants interior island ivory Jaboo John Africa king Lagos Lahoo land latter place maize Malemba manufacture miles nation natives Niger night obtained Old Calabar palm-oil persons piece Pinins places of trade Popo price in value puncheons quantity Remarks RIVER CONGO Romals salt season ship shore tons town trade in slaves value in England voyage Warré wind wood Wydah yams yards
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Página 14 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge ; And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes ? Canst thou, O partial sleep!
Página 14 - Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deaf'ning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes ? Canst thou, O partial sleep! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude; And, in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king ? Then, happy low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Página 144 - Many of the natives write English; an art first acquired by some of the traders' sons, who had visited England, and which they have had the sagacity to retain up to the present period. They have established schools and schoolmasters, for the purpose of instructing in this art the youths belonging to families of...
Página 182 - ... and is so shallow, that it is dangerous for boats drawing more than six or seven feet water to pass it. Formosa, or Benin river, is two miles wide at its entrance from the sea, and has across it a bank of mud, extending to seaward three-quarters of a mile, on which there are only twelve feet of water at spring tides. Vessels, whose draft of water does not exceed nine or ten feet, may generally pass it in safety, by taking the proper time of tide for doing so. A few miles from the sea, this river...
Página 247 - ... sterling per ton. Salt being very cheap in Liverpool, and always in demand at Calabar, the vessels going there generally take, of that article, the amount of their register tonnage, beside a well assorted cargo of the other enumerated articles. A house on shore, for the storage of oil as it is purchased, is therefore requisite, until a quantity of salt is disposed of, so that the oil can be received Names of the various Goods.
Página 152 - ... from St. Thomas thirty-two leagues, bearing south-west southerly. It is a beautiful little island, and inhabited wholly by blacks, who call themselves subjects of the crown of Portugal. There is an open bay on the north-east side where vessels may anchor in twentyfive fathoms water, about a quarter of a mile from the shore. Vessels from the bight of Benin call here sometimes, and obtain a few goats, poultry, and cocoa-nuts. Water is difficult to get, in consequence of the heavy surf, and that...
Página 98 - D impaled while I was at Lagos, but of course I did not witness the ceremony. I passed by where her lifeless body still remained on the stake a few days afterwards. Male dogs are banished to the towns opposite to Lagos, for if any are caught there, they are immediately strangled, split, and trimmed like sheep, and hung up at some great man's door, where rows of the putrid carcasses of their canine...
Página 81 - Wells have, therefore, been made in different parts of the town, which is a very unusual thing in this part of Africa. The natives of Ardrah are industrious, and have acquired some proficiency in the arts, particularly in manufacturing cotton and iron. Cloths of various patterns, though simple, are made by them, both of cotton and grass, but chiefly of the former, into which they frequently weave threads taken from the red India silk taffity, having no red dye which they can render permanent. The...
Página 158 - The superior healthiness of the castle itself may be accounted for, by its southern rampart wall being built on a ledge of rocks which project a little way into the sea, and against which rocks the sea beats with great violence, thereby creating at all times a cool and refreshing current of air within the castle. The...
Página 231 - Rains, when the sea-breeze blows both in the day and night, and at a few leagues from the shore, from very near the south point of the compass, stand off shore for twenty-four hours, when the wind will mostly be found to blow at SSW or S. by W. and often at the South...