Remarks on the Country Extending from Cape Palmas to the River Congo: Including Observations on the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants ...G. & W.B. Whittaker, 1823 - 265 頁 |
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... pieces of sticks , and twisting them round , making what sailors call Spanish windlasses ; the bones of their noses were forced in , and their eyes sunk deeper in their sockets . One of these unfortunate beings was a very old Asshantee ...
... pieces of sticks , and twisting them round , making what sailors call Spanish windlasses ; the bones of their noses were forced in , and their eyes sunk deeper in their sockets . One of these unfortunate beings was a very old Asshantee ...
第 42 頁
... pieces of broken canoes , which they launch , and paddle outside of the surf , when , watching a proper opportunity , they place their frail barks on the tops of high waves , which , in their progress to the shore , carry them along ...
... pieces of broken canoes , which they launch , and paddle outside of the surf , when , watching a proper opportunity , they place their frail barks on the tops of high waves , which , in their progress to the shore , carry them along ...
第 52 頁
... pieces of wood . When the captain of H. M. S. Charon was asked if he had heard the salute fired in honor of the arrival of H. M. ship , his reply was , that he had seen a smoke in the bush : and he said truly , for the touch - holes of ...
... pieces of wood . When the captain of H. M. S. Charon was asked if he had heard the salute fired in honor of the arrival of H. M. ship , his reply was , that he had seen a smoke in the bush : and he said truly , for the touch - holes of ...
第 69 頁
... piece of carrion ) that is so placed as to communicate with the door by the roofs . It falls , and secures the animal : the natives then unthatch a part of the building , and shoot it . They are never to be seen during day - light , and ...
... piece of carrion ) that is so placed as to communicate with the door by the roofs . It falls , and secures the animal : the natives then unthatch a part of the building , and shoot it . They are never to be seen during day - light , and ...
第 100 頁
... pieces of the putrid carcase of a cow . Each individual crawled to the foot of the throne , upon his hands and knees . ( rubbing , occasionally , his forehead in the dust ) , to receive the princely gift , and , with well - bred ...
... pieces of the putrid carcase of a cow . Each individual crawled to the foot of the throne , upon his hands and knees . ( rubbing , occasionally , his forehead in the dust ) , to receive the princely gift , and , with well - bred ...
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