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 頁 |
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... latter three places much gold and ivory is obtained , the former of a very superior quality . The trade in gold is also consi- derable at Appolonia , where the most west- ern British fort is situated . Small cattle are sometimes to be ...
... latter three places much gold and ivory is obtained , the former of a very superior quality . The trade in gold is also consi- derable at Appolonia , where the most west- ern British fort is situated . Small cattle are sometimes to be ...
第 17 頁
... latter , knowing well , that it is from that quarter only he has to apprehend injury : he is cautious , there- fore , never to make an enemy who might , out of revenge , involve him in a quarrel , which would bring inevitable ruin on ...
... latter , knowing well , that it is from that quarter only he has to apprehend injury : he is cautious , there- fore , never to make an enemy who might , out of revenge , involve him in a quarrel , which would bring inevitable ruin on ...
第 37 頁
... from it into the inte- rior , and the latter a great extent of terri- tory north of it . The Fantees are black as jet , muscular , and well - formed , and those that are en- gaged in fishing and employed as canoe- men , can FANTEES . 37.
... from it into the inte- rior , and the latter a great extent of terri- tory north of it . The Fantees are black as jet , muscular , and well - formed , and those that are en- gaged in fishing and employed as canoe- men , can FANTEES . 37.
第 38 頁
... latter having a form which renders them less liable to upset , or , to speak in a sailor's phrase , not so crank . The Fantee women are well formed , and many of them are not wanting in personal beauty , as their features are small ...
... latter having a form which renders them less liable to upset , or , to speak in a sailor's phrase , not so crank . The Fantee women are well formed , and many of them are not wanting in personal beauty , as their features are small ...
第 55 頁
... latter often accused him of acting partially towards the former , in the settlement of any differences that existed between them . followed , in his domestic establishment , the customs of the country , by having a plural- ity of wives ...
... latter often accused him of acting partially towards the former , in the settlement of any differences that existed between them . followed , in his domestic establishment , the customs of the country , by having a plural- ity of wives ...
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