Africa and its exploration : as told by its explorers Mungo Park, Clapperton, the Landers, Livingstone, Barth, Barkie, Denham, Burton, Speke, Caillie, Schweinfurth, Mohr, Stanley, Holub, Serpa, Pinto, Farini, Thomson, Montagu Kerr ; with 600 illustrations and maps
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI · London : S. Low, Marston and Co. · leaf 381
c of those who serve despots. The next scene we have is a section of a straw house,, with a gable-roof— about twenty-five feet high, sixty feet long, and eighteen feet in breadth. At the farther end, by the light afforded by the wide entrance, we perceive the figure of a man clad in an embroidered… … AL'DIENCE-HALL OF THE PALACE. before him ; some, after the Muslim’s custom, kiss the palms and back of his right hand ; others, adhering to the original customs of the country, prostrate themselves to the ground, and, throwing their hands towards him, exclaim, while kneeling, “ Twiyanzi, yanzi ! ”…
Africa -- Discovery and exploration · Africa -- Description and travel
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