Tangweera: Life and Adventures Among Gentle SavagesE. Arnold, 1899 - 318 pàgines |
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... woods echo with abuse and curses , as from a distance they defied their enemies , who took no notice of the volleys of imprecations till next night , when their own old woman would take her turn at it . I remember going with my sister ...
... woods echo with abuse and curses , as from a distance they defied their enemies , who took no notice of the volleys of imprecations till next night , when their own old woman would take her turn at it . I remember going with my sister ...
Pàgina 28
... wood fits loosely . Then a large calabash is placed on the ground below the little table , a lad inserts the long bar in the hole , and lifts the end high enough for a woman to slip the sugar - cane between the bar and the table . The ...
... wood fits loosely . Then a large calabash is placed on the ground below the little table , a lad inserts the long bar in the hole , and lifts the end high enough for a woman to slip the sugar - cane between the bar and the table . The ...
Pàgina 34
... wood - pile , with its jaws broken and skull fractured . This had been done by a slap from the paw of a tiger , which had then been frightened and left its prey . We had a large boathouse close to the edge of the lagoon , where our own ...
... wood - pile , with its jaws broken and skull fractured . This had been done by a slap from the paw of a tiger , which had then been frightened and left its prey . We had a large boathouse close to the edge of the lagoon , where our own ...
Pàgina 35
... to about Monkey Point is the exclusive home of the eboe , which is found nowhere else in this country . This is a gigantic tree , with immense trunk and spurs , like the buttresses of a church . The wood is like rosewood 3-2.
... to about Monkey Point is the exclusive home of the eboe , which is found nowhere else in this country . This is a gigantic tree , with immense trunk and spurs , like the buttresses of a church . The wood is like rosewood 3-2.
Pàgina 36
... wood is like rosewood , and so hard that the best axes cannot cut one down . In February it is covered with lovely pink blossoms , with a scent like bitter almonds , and about April the nuts are ripe , and fall to the ground in ...
... wood is like rosewood , and so hard that the best axes cannot cut one down . In February it is covered with lovely pink blossoms , with a scent like bitter almonds , and about April the nuts are ripe , and fall to the ground in ...
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Pàgina 91 - Alas, mother, did you go from us in anger? Did we not love you? Your husband sits outside with his head hung down. Here the women are sitting with their heads covered, All for love of you. But you have abandoned us. Alas, that I shall never see your face again; That I shall never hear your voice again.
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