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Excerpt from Travels in the Interior of Africa
June the 26th,~ Mr. Park left Vintain, and sailed up the river, which is deep and muddy; the banks frequently covered with thickets of mangrove, and the whole of the surrounding country ?at and swampy. Thegambia abounds with fish, some species of which form excel lent food, but are totally unknown in Europe. Sharks are found in great abundance, as are alligators and the hippopotamus, or river horse. The latter might, with great propriety, be called the sea-ele hant, being of an enormous bulk, and his teet furnishing good ivory. This ani mal is equally fitted for living on land or in the water; it has short and thick legs, and cloven hoofs it feeds on fish, grass, and such.
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June the 26th,~ Mr. Park left Vintain, and sailed up the river, which is deep and muddy; the banks frequently covered with thickets of mangrove, and the whole of the surrounding country ?at and swampy. Thegambia abounds with fish, some species of which form excel lent food, but are totally unknown in Europe. Sharks are found in great abundance, as are alligators and the hippopotamus, or river horse. The latter might, with great propriety, be called the sea-ele hant, being of an enormous bulk, and his teet furnishing good ivory. This ani mal is equally fitted for living on land or in the water; it has short and thick legs, and cloven hoofs it feeds on fish, grass, and such.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - Mungo Park
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ISBN - 9780266418894
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm
Page Count - 386
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