 Of the other wild animals, the most common are the hy&na, the panther, and the elephant. The usual beast of burthen in Nigritia is the ass. The application of animal labour to the purposes of agriculture, is no where adopted ; the plough, therefore, is...  The History of Various Modern African Nations - Page 214by William Fordyce Mavor - 1808 - 390 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa - 1798 - 136 pages
...is no where adopted. The plough therefore is wholly unknown. The chief implement used in husbandry is the hoe, which varies in form in different districts...and the labour is universally performed by slaves. Besides the grains proper to tropical climates, the Mandingoes cultivate, in considerable quantities,... | |
 | Mungo Park - 1799 - 524 pages
...no where adopted ; the plough, therefore, is wholly unknown. The chief implement used in husbandry is the hoe, which varies in form in different districts...and the labour is universally performed by slaves. On the 6th of October the waters of the Gambia were at the greatest height, being fifteen feet above... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1804 - 416 pages
...which is highly and deservedly esteemed. Of the other wild animals, the most common are the hy&na, the panther, and the elephant. The usual beast of...form they belong to the state. When a person of free condition has the means of cultivating a greater quantity of ground than he is possessed of, he applies... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1804 - 410 pages
...which is highly and deservedly esteemed. Of the other wild animals, the most common are the hyaena, the panther, and the elephant. The usual beast of...the property of the king ; in those of a republican forth they belong to the state. When a person of free con* dition has the means of cultivating a greater... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1808 - 396 pages
...which is highly and deservedly esteemed. Of the oilier wild animals, the most common arc the hyzena, the panther, and the elephant. The usual beast of...king; in those of a republican form they belong to tl*-8t»t«j. • When a person, of free condition has the means of cultivating a greater quantity... | |
 | Mungo Park - 1813 - 374 pages
...is no where adopted; the plough, therefore, is wholly unknown. The chief implement used in husbandry is the hoe, which varies in form in different districts;...and the labour is universally performed by slaves. • On the 6th of October the waters of the Gambia were at the greatest height, being fifteen feet... | |
 | CHRISTIAN TRAVELLER. - 1841 - 220 pages
...agriculture is wholly unknown, as indeed they have no ploughs. The chief implement used in husbandry is the hoe, which varies in form in different districts...and the labour is universally performed by slaves. Besides the grain proper to tropical climates, the Mandingoes cultivate in considerable quantities... | |
 | Mungo Park - 1860 - 434 pages
...is nowhere adopted ; the plough, therefore, is wholly unknown. The chief implement used in husbandry is the hoe, which varies in form in different districts...and the labour is universally performed by slaves. On the 6th of October the waters of the Gambia were at the greatest height, being fifteen feet above... | |
 | English explorers - 1875 - 680 pages
...is nowhere adopted ; the plough, therefore, is wholly unknown. The chief implement used in husbandry is the hoe, which varies in form in different districts...and the labour is universally performed by slaves. On the 6th of October, the waters of the Gambia were at the greatest height, being fifteen feet above... | |
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