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  • On the other hand, the "great river called Banna" corresponds very well with the "Camma" and "Fernand Vas," of modern geographers, which form a great delta on this part of the

    Lectures and Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

  • Now this "Camma" country is situated about a degree and a-half south of the Equator, while a few miles to the north of the line lies the Gaboon, and a degree or so north of that, the Money River -- both well known to modern naturalists as localities where the largest of man-like Apes has been obtained.

    Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

  • Now this "Camma" country is situated about a degree and a-half south of the Equator, while a few miles to the north of the line lies the Gaboon, and a degree or so north of that, the Money River -- both well known to modern naturalists as localities where the largest of man-like Apes has been obtained.

    Lectures and Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

  • On the other hand, the "great river called Banna" corresponds very well with the "Camma" and "Fernand Vas," of modern geographers, which form a great delta on this part of the

    Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

  • Camma” and “Fernand Vas,” of modern geographers, which form a great delta on this part of the African coast.

    Essays 2007

  • Now this “Camma” country is situated about a degree and a-half south of the Equator, while a few miles to the north of the line lies the Gaboon, and a degree or so north of that, the

    Essays 2007

  • Commi, Camma or Cama, and the Mayumba races beyond the southern frontier.

    Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

  • She was a woman of most remarkable beauty, and the wife of the tetrarch Sinatus, whom Sinorix, one of the most influential men in Galatia, and desperately in love with Camma, murdered, as he could neither get her by force or persuasion in the lifetime of her husband.

    Plutarch's Morals 46-120? Plutarch

  • And Camma found a refuge and comfort in her grief in discharging the functions of hereditary priestess to Artemis, and most of her time she spent in her temple, and, though many kings and potentates wooed her, she refused them all.

    Plutarch's Morals 46-120? Plutarch

  • The boys explained to Camma, that upon their return to the island a much larger engine would be installed, so that they need not depend upon the sails thereafter, but would be able then to sail directly through the wind, instead of being blown back and forth, as was now the case.

    The Wonder Island Boys: Treasures of the Island Roger Thompson Finlay

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