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... reason we were obliged to wait so many days . This river is well known and famous in most parts of the world . It hath another great mouth , where it empties itself also , some leagues eastward of the former , which is call'd by the ...
... reason we were obliged to wait so many days . This river is well known and famous in most parts of the world . It hath another great mouth , where it empties itself also , some leagues eastward of the former , which is call'd by the ...
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... reason , no doubt , is be- cause they would engage them to be faithful in the trust of their wives . These eunuchs cost a considerable price , because they are young when they are castrated , and several die to one that lives . They ...
... reason , no doubt , is be- cause they would engage them to be faithful in the trust of their wives . These eunuchs cost a considerable price , because they are young when they are castrated , and several die to one that lives . They ...
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... reason of the violent heat . Nor was there any water in all that road , but what we carried with us ; which made this fatigue more extraordinary than I could have imagined it . But patience ( the only remedy in such cases ) I was fain ...
... reason of the violent heat . Nor was there any water in all that road , but what we carried with us ; which made this fatigue more extraordinary than I could have imagined it . But patience ( the only remedy in such cases ) I was fain ...
Contents
THE JOURNEY OF WILLIAM DANIEL FROM LONDON | 51 |
DANIELS ACCOUNT OF HIS EXPENSES | 86 |
DE BRÈVEDENTS ACCOUNT OF THE JOURNEY TO SENNAR | 166 |
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