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Identifier: descriptiondelun03mall (find matches)
Title: Description de l'univers
Year: 1683 (1680s)
Authors: Mallet, Allain Manesson, 1630?-1706?
Subjects: Geography Géographie
Publisher: Paris, D. Thierry
Contributing Library: University of Ottawa
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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de cette Rivière cinq ou fix jours apré?,Les Villes principales de la Nubie font Nubia, Dancala, Gorhan ,Zigide, Jadie, Barga, Demba, Salout, Sabaha, &c.MtmifTom. Marmol dit que la Ville Capitale de ce pays eft Dan cala, quelle eft\ L%r- 9 tres-peuplée, & quil y a prés de dix mille maifons,mais qui ne fontchJp.^17. faites que de bois enduites de terre , & que les autres habitations nef*& 71%! font que comme des villages le long du Nil. Toutefois on dit quela ville de Nubie eft la Capitale du Pays ; elle eft fituée fur le ri-vage Occidental du Nil. Ses maifons nont quun étage, & leur toitqui eft fait de terraffe, eft couvert avec de grandes pierres plates pourempefeher que les Rayons du Soleil ny pénètrent, lon trouve cespierres fur les bords de la Rivière du Nil. Le Pays y attire fi peu de curieux, quil ne nous a pas eftépoffi-ble de recouvrer le profil de cette Ville. D E LA MU QUE. Mj * * OJJRE LXXX l l L. **)- M J>/.Vl//7t ■uni—w mua— I ••
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&*4 DE LAFRI Q^U E. Des Animaux de la Nubie & particulièrement nf c C.h/ivnr/iu v des Chameaux. JLi A Nubie nourrit des Lyons,des Tigres ,&des Crocodiles quifont des animaux dangereux , mais elle produit des Chameauxexcellents & dune utilité extraordinaire. On ny voit point de mon-tres , quoy quils foient très-communs en Afrique, & lon croit qu*cet avantage de la Nubie eft un effet de la bonté de Tes eaux. Le Chameau eft un animal domeftique & mutable, les Arabes le Mœmol de nomment Gimes. Il sen trouve dans lAfie, & dans lAfrique. Ordi- /? ^ * nairement ceux de lAfie ont deux bofTes furie dos; mais ceux dA- fag a%. - frique , quon appelle aufti Chameaux Arabes, nen ont quune fur le dos, & une autre au poitral, qui leur fert dappuy quand ils fe re- •pofent. La Femelle du Chameau porte Ion fruit onze mois. On les éle-vé en Nubie avec des foins extraordinaires, doù vient quils paf-fent pour les meilleurs de lAfrique. Dabord que le Chameau eftné

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  • bookdecade:1680
  • bookcentury:1600
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  • booksubject:Geography
  • booksubject:G__ographie
  • bookpublisher:Paris__D__Thierry
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  • bookleafnumber:254
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