 | 1826 - 616 pages
...Kanem. This formed an important era; for, from the rising ground on which Lari stood, they discovered ' the great lake Tchad, glowing with the golden rays of the sun in its strength. ' Major Denham speedily hastened to view this greatest of the interior African waters.... | |
 | 1825 - 798 pages
...inspiring, that he says it would be difficult in language to convey an idea of its force or pleasure. The great Lake Tchad, glowing with the golden rays of the sun in its strength, appeared to be within n mile of the spot where we stood. My heart hounded within me at... | |
 | Dixon Denham, Hugh Clapperton, Walter Oudney - 1826 - 452 pages
...and inspiring, that it would be difficult for language to convey an idea of its force or pleasure. The great lake Tchad, glowing with the golden rays of the sun in its strength, appeared to be within a mile of the spot on which we stood. My heart bounded within me... | |
 | 1826 - 608 pages
...impressive grandeur. On gaining the summit of the elevated ground on which the town of Lari stands, ' the ' great lake Tchad, glowing with the golden rays of the sun in ' its strength,' burst at once upon the view. The borders of this majestic expanse exhibited a luxuriant... | |
 | 1826 - 606 pages
...impressive grandeur. On gaining the summit of the elevated ground on which the town of Lari stands, ' the ' great lake Tchad, glowing with the golden rays of the sun in ' its strength,' burst at once upon the view. The borders of this majestic expanse exhibited a luxuriant... | |
 | 1826 - 570 pages
...face of the country gradually improved, until they arrived at Lari, where they had first a view of the great lake Tchad, ' glowing with the golden rays of the sun in its strength.'—' My heart,' says Major Denham, 'bounded within me at this prospect, for I believed... | |
 | 1826 - 568 pages
...face of the country gradually improved, until they arrived at Lari, where they had first a view of the great lake Tchad, ' glowing with the golden rays of the sun in its strength.' — ' My heart,' says Major Denham, 'bounded within me at this prospect, for I believed... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1829 - 532 pages
...hundred miles across the great sandy desert, and had the delight, on the 4th of February 1823, to behold the great lake Tchad, glowing with the golden rays of the sun, to all appearance within a mile of the spot where they stood. They found this to be the north-west... | |
 | Dixon Denham - 1828 - 522 pages
...and inspiring, that it would be difficult for language to convey an idea of its force or pleasure. The great lake Tchad, glowing with the golden rays of the sun in its strength, appeared to be within a mile of the spot on which we stood. My heart bounded within me... | |
 | Mrs. Hofland (Barbara) - 1828 - 314 pages
...day in their tents. On the 4th February, after travelling thus about ten weeks, Major Denham says, " The great Lake Tchad, glowing with the golden rays of the sun, appeared to be within a mile of the place where I stood;" and so anxiously did he repair to it, as... | |
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The great lake Tchad, glowing with the golden rays of the sun in its strength, appeared to be within a mile of the spot on which we stood. 
