Notes Taken During Travels in Africa

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J. L. Cox and sons, 1839 - Morocco - 218 pages
Presents some of the author's notes during his adventures and travels in Africa in early 18th century.
 

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Page 182 - Crossing the great sea to avoid the land of Egypt, they came to a head of land with a river; that here they landed, and following the course of this, leading westward, but going towards the south, they came to a spot where they found twelve wells and seventy palm-trees.
Page 201 - He sent me to a boat, and delivered me to the people of the ship. We continued on board ship, at sea, for three months, and then came on shore in the land of Jamaica. This was the beginning of my slavery until this day. I tasted the bitterness of slavery from them,* and its oppressiveness; but praise be to God, under whose power are all things, He doth whatsoever he willeth!
Page 198 - Bekr to speak for himself. His narrative is thus headed : — " This is an account of the beginning of my life. " My name is Abu Bekr es siddik : my birth-place is Tumbut. I was educated in the town of Jenneh (Genneh), and fully instructed in reading and construing the Koran, — but in the interpretation of it by the help of commentaries. This was [done] in the city of Ghdnah, where there are many learned men ['ulema], who are not natives of one place, but each of them, having quitted his own country,...
Page 13 - Emsorahf, or, as the modern village is called, the Autset, from whence we had a fine view of the lesser Atlas. At the foot of the rising ground, where we had pitched our tent, was a magnificent plain ; and on the side of the hill is situated El Uted, or the Peg-rock Coming round the side of a hill, you perceive several stones forming a circle^, of which one, called the Peg, is much higher than the rest ; there is likewise a second circle, but a third is never to be seen.
Page 201 - ... slavery from them *, and its oppressiveness : but praise be to God, under whose power are all things, He doth whatsoever he willeth ! No one can turn aside that which He hath ordained, nor can any one withhold that which He hath given ! As God Almighty himself hath said : — Nothing can befall us unless it be written for us...
Page 201 - It was a hardfought battle, and many souls perished on that day. Thus did Adinkarah overcome the King of Ghonah, and take the town of Amvighoh. The people of Ghonah fled, and some of them passed on (as far as) to the city of Kong. 'On that day was I made a slave. They tore off my clothes, bound me with ropes, laid on me a heavy burden, and carried me to the town of Buntukku, and from thence to the town of Kumasi, the King of Ashantf's town.
Page 13 - The whole neighbourhood is full of similar circles of stones, but smaller. Many of the latter have been worked artificially. The entrance to the circle, which is fifteen feet wide, faces the west ; on the north and south of the Peg are two other openings at equal distances. At about the distance of two hundred feet, there is a stone placed at an angle of 45°, intended, it is said, to mark the opening ; it is six feet high, and by lying on the back, one can see directly through the circle.
Page 56 - I went in the evening to dine with the Jews, here called the sons of Yehudi: they are a most extraordinary people. I never met with such hospitality, or such freedom of manner in any Jews. They had dancing and music, and the ladies mixed in society without the least restraint."—(p.
Page 58 - They had dancing and music, and the ladies mixed in society without the least restraint."—(p. 58.) " I received a visit from some Jews, who stated, that they have here the tombs of two rabbis who escaped from the second destruction of Jerusalem. Over the mountain opposite there is a valley equal to the plain of Morocco, where dwell, say the Jews, those who escaped from Nebuchadnezzar."—(p. 61...
Page 158 - The masters are Brebers, all of whom ride mules. Every douar has its sheikh and caid, who are Moors, and possess each a jurisdiction, but not the power of punishing in all cases. Their religious worship is the same as the other, but little cared about. In the whole valley there may be about five hundred. They have their sacred books, synagogue, and rabbis ; and they make a pilgrimage to the tombs, distant two and three days

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