 | Mungo Park - 1799 - 524 pages
...the withered stubble that the Moors feed their cattle, until the return of the rains. . The burning the grass in Manding exhibits a scene of terrific grandeur. In the middle of the night, I could see the plains and mpuntains, as far as my eye could reach, variegated with lines of fire;... | |
 | 1799 - 614 pages
...withered stubble that the .Moore feed their cattle, until the return of the rains. The burning th« grass in Manding exhibits a scene of terrific grandeur. In the middle of the night, I could sec the plains and mountains, as far as my eye could reach, variegated with lines of fire ;... | |
 | Mungo Park - 1807 - 594 pages
...the withered stubble that the Moors feed their cattle, until the return of the rains. The burning * the grass in Manding exhibits a scene of terrific grandeur. In the middle of the night, I could see the plains and. C cs • • •. / mountains, as far as my eye could reach, variegated... | |
 | Mungo Park - 1813 - 374 pages
...the withered stubble, •that the Moors feed their cattle until the return ot the rains. The burning the grass in Manding exhibits a scene of terrific grandeur. In the middle of the night I could see the plains and mountains, as far as my eye could reach, variegated with lines of fire,... | |
 | Mungo Park - 1816 - 576 pages
...upon the withered stubble that the Moors feed their cattle, until the return of the rains. The burning the grass in Manding exhibits a scene of terrific grandeur. In the middle of the night, I could see the plains and Cc» mountains, as far as my eye could reach, variegated with lines of fire... | |
 | Catherine Hutton - 1821 - 602 pages
...themselves to be the happiest ; and they pity the state of others, who are placed in other situations. When the grass is sufficiently dry, the Mandingoes...conflagration is soon followed by .a delightful verdure. Gold in grains, from the size of a pin's head to that of a pea, is found in considerable quantities... | |
 | James Rennell - 1830 - 514 pages
...Manding, and Hanno's on the opposite coast 2. ' " The burning of the grass, in Manding (says Mr. Park,) exhibits a scene of terrific grandeur. In the middle of the night, I could see the plains and mountains, as far as my eye could reach, variegated with lines of fire ;... | |
 | James Rennell - 1830 - 500 pages
...Manding, and Hanno's on the opposite coast 2. * " The burning of the grass, in Manding (says Mr. Park,) exhibits a scene of terrific grandeur. In the middle of the night, I could see the plains and mountains, as far as my eye could reach, variegated with lines ofjire ;... | |
 | Mungo Park - 1860 - 434 pages
...stubble that the Moors feed their cattle until the return of the rains. The burning the grass in Mandiug exhibits a scene of terrific grandeur. In the middle of the night I could see the plains and mountains, as far as my eye could reach, variegated with lines of tire,... | |
 | Henry Cadwallader Adams - 1883 - 412 pages
...description of them which exactly tallies with that of Hanno. "The burning of the grass," he writes, " exhibits a scene of terrific grandeur. In the middle of the night I could see the plains and mountains, as far as the eye could reach, variegated with lines of fire,... | |
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The burning the grass in Manding exhibits a scene of terrific grandeur. In the middle of the night, I could see the plains and mountains, as far as my eye could reach, variegated with lines of fire; and the light reflected on the sky, made the heavens... 
