 | James Riley - 1817 - 524 pages
...little towns, and those who were outside ran in and blocked up the passage in a minute ; but fmding we did not come to rob them, as the large companies...runs to the east ; for we were obliged to go to it to waterour camels, and here we saw many boats made of great trees, some with negroes in them paddling... | |
 | Josiah Conder - 1830 - 344 pages
...as great as Swearah (Suera or Mogodore). It is built on a level plain, surrounded on all sides with hills, except on the south, where the plain continues to the bank of the same river, which is wide and deep, and runs to the east. We were obliged to go to it, to water our camels ; and... | |
 | Robert Huish - 1836 - 824 pages
...as great as Swearah (Suera or Mogadore). It is built in a level plain surrounded on all sides with hills, except on the south, where the plain continues to the bank of the same river, which is wide and deep, and runs to the east. We were obliged to go to it to water our camels, and... | |
 | James Riley - 1847 - 296 pages
....delivering up our guns, powder, am lead, to the king's ofticers to keep until we should wish to depait Tombuctoo is a very large city, five times as great...the plain continues to the bank of the same river we hat been to before, which is wide and deep, and runs to the east ; for we were obliged to go to it... | |
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... we saw many boats made of great trees, some with negroes in them paddling across the river. The city is strongly walled in with stone laid in clay, like the towns and houses in Suse, only a great deal thicker. 