 | 918 pàgines
...continual wars of the chiefs, wars which have but one object — to procure slaves. " Major Denham says ; ' On attacking a place it is the custom of the country instantly to fire it: and as the villages are composed of straw huts only, the whole is shortly devoured by the flames. The unfortunate... | |
 | Dixon Denham, Hugh Clapperton, Walter Oudney - 1826 - 452 pàgines
...ridiculous in the extreme. The town of Kabshary, where we halted, had been nearly destroyed by the Mungowy. On attacking a place, it is the custom of the country...women and children lashed together, and made slaves. Rhamadan, one of the sheikh's chiefs, a slave from Soudan, had been stationed here for the last fifteen... | |
 | Dixon Denham - 1828 - 522 pàgines
...ridiculous in the extreme. The town of Kabshary, where we halted, had been nearly destroyed by the Mungowy. On attacking a place, it is the custom of the country...and fall immediately into the hands of their no less mcrciless enemies, who surround the place; the men are quickly massacred, and the women and children... | |
 | Dixon Denham, Hugh Clapperton, Walter Oudney - 1828 - 790 pàgines
...ridiculous in the extreme. The town of Kabshary, where we halted, had been nearly destroyed by the Mungowy. On attacking a place, it is the custom of the country...and fall immediately into the hands of their no less uierciless enemies, who surround the place ; the men are quickly massacred, and the women and children... | |
 | bart Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton - 1838 - 244 pàgines
...the miseries to which Africa is exposed through the demands for the Slave Trade. Major Denham says: "On attacking a place, it is the custom of the country...flames. The unfortunate inhabitants fly quickly from the devouring element, and fall immediately into the hands of their no less merciless enemies, who surround... | |
 | sir Thomas Fowell Buxton (1st bart.) - 1838 - 244 pàgines
...the miseries to which Africa is exposed through the demands for the Slave Trade. Major Denham says: " On attacking a place, it is the custom of the country...flames. The unfortunate inhabitants fly quickly from the devouring element, and fall immediately into the hands of their no less merciless enemies, who surround... | |
 | Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton - 1839 - 274 pàgines
...attacking a place, it is the custom of the country instantly to fire it ; and, as they (the villages) are all composed of straw huts only, the whole is...flames. The unfortunate inhabitants fly quickly from the devouring element, and fall immediately into the hands of their no less merciless enemies, who surround... | |
 | sir Thomas Fowell Buxton (1st bart.) - 1839 - 274 pàgines
...miseries to which Africa is exposed through the demands for the Slave Trade. Major Denham says : " On attacking a place, it is the custom of the country instantly to fire it ; and, as they (the villages) are all composed of straw huts only, the whole is shortly devoured by the flames. The... | |
 | 1839 - 760 pàgines
...miseries to which Africa is exposed through the demands for the Slave Trade. Major Denham says : ' On attacking a place, it is the custom of the country instantly to fire it ; and, as they (the villages) are all composed of straw huts only, the whole is shortly devoured by the flames. The... | |
 | 1839 - 648 pàgines
...information beyond what their own eyes furnished, " yet what do they disclose!" " Major Denham says: ' On attacking a place, it is the custom of the country instantly to fire it; and, as they (the villages)are all composed of straw hnts only, the whole is shortly devoured by the flames. The... | |
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On attacking a place, it is the custom of the country instantly to fire it; and as they are all composed of straw huts only, the whole is shortly devoured by the flames. The unfortunate inhabitants fly quickly from the devouring element, and fall immediately... 
