 | Ezra Sampson - 1807 - 506 pagina’s
...country of Mumlinc, which borders upon the river Niger. The gold of Manding is ne\er found in a mine, but always in small grains, nearly in a pure state, from the size of n pin's heud, to that of a pt-u, scattered through u large body of sand or clay. Л» soon as their... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1808 - 900 pagina’s
...substances arc interspersed among their texture, easilydistinginMied by i lens. The most abundant is from the size of a pin's head to that of a pea, opake, with a little lustre like that of enamel, of a gray colour sometime? inclining to brown, and... | |
 | 1811 - 854 pagina’s
...days he died. The upper part of the skull was found upon dissection to have many deep holes in it, from the size of a pin's head to that of a pea, produced, as it seemed, by warty cartilaginous substances growing from the tunica arachnoidia, which... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1811 - 860 pagina’s
...days he died. The upper part of the skull was found upon dissection to have many deep holes in it, from the size of a pin's head to that of a pea, produced, г* it seemed, by_warty cartilaginous substances growing fro m the tunica arachnoidia, which... | |
 | Mungo Park - 1813 - 374 pagina’s
...properly be called mountainous, much less barren. It is also found in great plenty in Jallonkadoo, particularly about Boori, another hilly, but by no...and in this state, it is called by the Mandingoes aanoo munko, (gold powder.) It is, however, extremely probable, by •what I could learn of the situation... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - 1813 - 434 pagina’s
...country of Manding, which borders upon the river Niger. The gold of Manding is never found in a mine, but always in small grains, nearly in a pure state,...pea, scattered through a large body of sand or clay. As soon 'as their harvest is over, the Mandingo negroes go in search of gold dust. Some gather up the... | |
 | Priscilla Wakefield - 1814 - 396 pagina’s
...principal commodities of this part of Africa. The gold of Manding is always found in small grains, from the size of a pin's head to that of a pea, scattered through a large body of sand or clay, and is most probably washed down by repeated torrents from the neighbouring hills. When the harvest is... | |
 | Mungo Park - 1816 - 576 pagina’s
...cannot properly be called mountainous, much less barren. It is also found in great plenty in Jallonkadoo (particularly about Boori ), another hilly, but by...body of sand or clay ; and in this state it is called fay the Mandingoes s<z«o0 munko," gold powder." It is, however, extremely probable, by what I could... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - 1816 - 432 pagina’s
...country of Manding, which borders upon the river Niger. The gold of Manding is never found in a mine, but always in small grains, nearly in a pure state,...pea, scattered through a large body of sand or clay. As soon as their harvest is over the Mandingo negroes go in search of gold dust. Some gather up the... | |
 | R. P. Forster - 1818 - 508 pagina’s
...Mantling is never found in any vein, but jdways-m' small grains, nearly in a pure state, from the si?e pf a pin's head to that of a pea, scattered through a...sand or clay ; and in this state it is called by the natives, gold-powder. When the streams and torrents of autumn have subsided, the sand is dug up, and... | |
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I could learn, is never found in any matrix or vein, but always in small grains, nearly in a pure state, from the size of a pin's head to that of a pea; scattered through a large body of sand or clay; and in this state it is called by the Mandingoes sanoo... 
