| Johann Jakob von Tschudi - 1847 - 384 pàgines
...attentive observation of the effects of coca, I am fully convinced that its use, in moderation, is no way detrimental to health ; and that without it...through the labor which he now performs. The coca plant must be considered as a great blessing to Peru. It is an essential means of preserving the nationality... | |
| 1847 - 538 pàgines
...attentive observation of the effects of coca, I am fully convinced that its use, in moderation, is no way detrimental to health; and that, without it,...spare diet, would be incapable of going through the labour which he now performs. The coca plant must be considered as a great blessing to Peru. It is... | |
| Johann Jakob von Tschudi - 1847 - 528 pàgines
...attentive observation of the effects of coca, I am fully convinced that its use, in moderation, is no way detrimental to health ; and that without it...spare diet, would be incapable of going through the labour which he now performs* The coca plant must be considered as a great blessing to Peru. U is an... | |
| 1847 - 508 pàgines
...attentive observation of the effects of coca, I am fully convinced that its use, in moderation, is no way detrimental to health; and that, without it,...spare diet, would be incapable of going through the labour which he now performs. The coca plant must be considered as a great blessing to Peru. It is... | |
| Johann Jacob von Tschudi - 1847 - 530 pàgines
...attentive observation of the effects of coca, I am fully convinced that its use, in moderation, is no way detrimental to health ; and that without it...spare diet, would be incapable of going through the labour which he now performs. The coca plant must be considered as a great blessing to Peru. It is... | |
| 1848 - 544 pàgines
...attentive observation of the effects of coca, I am fully convinced that its use, in moderation, is no way detrimental to health; and that without it...spare diet, would be incapable of going through the labour which he now performs. The coca plant must be considered as a great blessing to Peru. It is... | |
| William Lewis Herndon, Lardner Gibbon - 1853 - 460 pàgines
...of it, he sometimes performs prodigies of labor, and can go without food for several days. AVithout it, he is miserable and will not work. It is said...and this without food. Immediately after the work the Indian accompanied him on a two-days journey of twenty-three leagues on foot, and then declared... | |
| William Lewis Herndon, Lardner Gibbon - 1853 - 460 pàgines
...of it, ho sometimes performs prodigies of labor, and can go without food for several days. nWithout it, he is miserable and will not work. It is said...great blessing to Peru. He relates that an Indian, emploved by him in digging, worked hard for five nights and days without intermission, except for two... | |
| William Lewis Herndon, Lardner Gibbon - 1854 - 470 pàgines
...the rainy season — about the first of March. The earth should be well broken up and cleaned. Arbors of palm leaves are frequently built over the young...would be incapable of going through the labor •which ho now performs. The coca plant he therefore considers as a great blessing to Peru. He relates that... | |
| William Lewis Herndon, Lardner Gibbon - 1854 - 464 pàgines
...leaf of this plant is to the Indian of Peru what tobacco is to our laboring classes in the South—a luxury, which has become a necessity. Supplied with...days without intermission, except for two hours each night—and this without food. Immediately after the work the Indian accompanied him on a two-days... | |
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