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The Wonders of Nature and Art: Or, A Concise Account of Whatever is Most ... - Page 16
by Thomas Smith - 1804
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An Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels ..., Volume 11

William Fordyce Mavor - Discoveries in geography - 1802 - 346 pages
...and rhinoceros, to be the largest living creature he had met with. Her features were perfectly like those of a negro ; a ring of gold passed through her under lip, and weighed it ilown, till like a flap, it covered her chin, and left her teeth bare, which were very small ar BRL'CE'S...
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The Traveller in Africa: Containing Some Account of the Antiquities, Natural ...

Priscilla Wakefield - Africa - 1814 - 396 pages
...to the elephant and rhinoceros, to be the largest living creature I had ever seen. Her features were those of a negro, a ring of gold passed through her under lip, and weighed it down, so that it covered her chin like a flap, and exposed her tcclh, which were small and fine; the inside...
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The World Displayed, Or, A Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 6

Voyages and travels - 1815 - 500 pages
...and rhinoceros, to be the largest living creature I had met with. Her features were perfectly like those of a negro; a ring of gold passed through her under lip, and weighed it down, till, like a flap, it covered her chin, and left her teeth bare, which were very small and fine. The inside...
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The Tour of Africa: Containing a Concise Account of All the ..., Volume 1

Catherine Hutton - Africa - 1819 - 490 pages
...to the elephant and the rhinoceros, the largest living creature I had ever seen. Her features were those of a Negro ; a ring of gold passed through her under lip, and weighed it down, till, like a flap, it covered her chin, and shewed her teeth, which were very small and fine: the inside...
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The Tour of Africa: Containing a Concise Account of All the ..., Volume 1

Catherine Hutton - Africa - 1819 - 488 pages
...rhinoceros, the largest living creature I had ever seen. Her features were those of a Ne'{gro; a "ng of gold passed through her under lip, and weighed it down, till, like a flap, it covered her chin, and shewed her teeth, which were very small and fine : the inside...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ..., Volume 19

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 936 pages
...who was one of the number, appeared to be about six IV et high, and so ci rpulf nt that our traveller imagined her to be the largest creature he had seen next to the elephant and rhinoceros. Her feature* perfectly resembled those of a negro ; a ring of go'd passed through her under lip, and weiuhed...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 20

Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 798 pages
...who was one of the number, appeared to be about six feet high, and so corpulent that our traveller imagined her to be the largest creature he had seen...through her under lip, and weighed it down, till, like a flap, it covered her chin, leaving her teeth hare, which were small and very fine. The inside...
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The Life of Bruce: The African Traveller

Sir Francis Bond Head - Ethiopia - 1830 - 582 pages
...elephant and rhinoceros, the largest living creature I had ever met with. Her features were perfectly like those of a negro ; a ring of gold passed through her under lip, and weighed it down, till, like a flap, it covered her chin, and left her teeth bare, which were very small and fine. The inside...
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The Natural History of the Birds of Western Africa, Volume 1

William Swainson - Birds - 1837 - 438 pages
...of the largest living creatures he had ever met with. Her features were of the true negro character. A ring of gold passed through her under lip, and weighed it down till it covered her chin like a flap, and left her teeth bare. The inside of her mouth was stained black with...
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The Life and Adventures of Bruce, the African Traveller

Sir Francis Bond Head - Ethiopia - 1840 - 398 pages
...elephant and rhinoceros, the largest living creature I had ever met with. Her features were perfectly like those of a negro ; a ring of gold passed through her under lip, and weighed it down, till, like a flap, it covered her chin, and left her teeth bare, which were very small and fine. The inside...
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