Gaboon

Under such media the disease, par excellence, of the Gaboon is the paroxysm which is variously called Coast, African, Guinea, and

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

This is reasonable and as it should be, though it surprised me at the time; for the great arm of the sea which is called the Gaboon is really a fjord, just like Bonny and Opobo rivers, with several rivers falling into it at its head, and this fjord brings the sea water further inland.

Travels in West Africa 2003

Under such media the disease, par excellence, of the Gaboon is the paroxysm which is variously called Coast, African, Guinea, and Bullom fever.

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855

"Fortunately for us we arrived off the head of the Gaboon estuary in this calm, for had we wind to deal with we should have come to an end."

Weatherwatch: Travels in West Africa 2011

It was with vine like this that the big-game hunters of the Gaboon used to weave their elephant and buffalo-nets, back in the days before the White Man came to exchange powder and rum for slaves.

The Green-Eyed Shwemyethna 2010

But that limit is doubtless some distance north of this river [Gaboon].

Essays 2007

This animal was called by the natives of the Gaboon

Essays 2007

In 1847, Dr. Savage had the good fortune to make another and most important addition to our knowledge of the man-like Apes; for, being unexpectedly detained at the Gaboon river, he saw in the house of the Rev.Mr. Wilson, a missionary resident there, “a skull represented by the natives to be a monkey-like animal, remarkable for its size, ferocity, and habits.”

Essays 2007

For Reptiland, a specialty zoo, moving snakes and lizards between museum exhibits is routine -- even if the cargo includes a Gaboon viper with two-inch fangs.

Wildlife: Wrapping Up Reptiles 2007

Gaboon country at the present day, apply to the Chimpanzee a name — “Enche-eko” — which is obviously identical with the “Engeko” of Battell; a discovery which has been confirmed by all later inquirers.

Essays 2007