The races of mankind, Volúmenes1-2Cassell, Petter, & Galpin, 1873 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 76
Página 10
... body , attached to a long line of carefully - prepared seal - skin , which has attached to it a large inflated seal - skin . This seal - skin marks where the animal is , but as it must come to the surface to breathe , and soon gets ...
... body , attached to a long line of carefully - prepared seal - skin , which has attached to it a large inflated seal - skin . This seal - skin marks where the animal is , but as it must come to the surface to breathe , and soon gets ...
Página 11
... body divested of clothing . In the roof are paddles , harpoons , & c .; a dead seal may be seen lying amid a pool of blood on the floor , and the dogs are growling just outside the door in the tunnel , as the visitor cautiously picks ...
... body divested of clothing . In the roof are paddles , harpoons , & c .; a dead seal may be seen lying amid a pool of blood on the floor , and the dogs are growling just outside the door in the tunnel , as the visitor cautiously picks ...
Página 14
... body . The sport is not without the danger that adds to the excitement of success . The line attached to the point of the harpoon is passed in a loop round the hunter's loins , and , should the animal he has struck be a large seal or ...
... body . The sport is not without the danger that adds to the excitement of success . The line attached to the point of the harpoon is passed in a loop round the hunter's loins , and , should the animal he has struck be a large seal or ...
Página 19
... body after death , for though they build stones above the grave , they never repair it after being injured , and are seemingly careless whether dogs or wolves devour the body . An instance is related in which a man bewailed the death of ...
... body after death , for though they build stones above the grave , they never repair it after being injured , and are seemingly careless whether dogs or wolves devour the body . An instance is related in which a man bewailed the death of ...
Página 26
... body into his canoe and took it to the lodge of the Indian's brother , narrating the circumstance , thinking that he would be forgiven on making some provision for the dead man's family . The brother said nothing , however , but went ...
... body into his canoe and took it to the lodge of the Indian's brother , narrating the circumstance , thinking that he would be forgiven on making some provision for the dead man's family . The brother said nothing , however , but went ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
aboriginal Abyssinian accordingly African American amongst animal Areoi arrows Bechuanas believe blankets blood body British Columbia buffalo Bushmen called canoe ceremony character chief civilised coast Comanches Cowichan River custom dance dead death dress Dyaks enemies Eskimo European eyes father feast feet Fiji fire fish Fraser River friends habits hair hands head horses Hottentots hunting husband Indians inhabitants islands Kaffir killed king labour land language live lodge looked Makololo Malay manner marriage Mountains nation natives Negro neighbours never occasion ornamented Papuans peculiar person piece Polygamy Polynesians possessed prairie Pueblo Pueblo Indians Queen Charlotte Islanders race religion River round rude savage scalp seen Seshahts shores skin slaves sometimes South spirits strangers Tahiti traveller trees tribes Vancouver Island village warriors whole wife wild wives woman women wood young Zealand
Pasajes populares
Página 243 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the Whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, ' Logan is the friend of white men.
Página 243 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Página 115 - Ye whose hearts are fresh and simple, Who have faith in God and Nature, Who believe, that in all ages Every human heart is human, That in even savage bosoms There are longings, yearnings, strivings For the good they comprehend not, That the feeble hands and helpless, Groping blindly in the darkness, Touch God's right hand in that darkness And are lifted up and strengthened...
Página 271 - Who has touched the stars with his hands — on what pillars do they rest? i asked myself. The waters never weary, they know no other law than to flow without ceasing from morning till night and from night till morning ; but where do they stop, and who makes them flow thus ? The clouds also come and go, and burst in water over the earth. Whence come they — who sends them...
Página 98 - Unbroken silence follows. The priest becomes absorbed in thought, and all eyes watch him with unblinking steadiness. In a few minutes he trembles ; slight distortions are seen in his face, and twitching movements in his limbs. These increase to a violent muscular action, which spreads until the whole frame is strongly convulsed, and the man shivers as with a strong ague fit.
Página 271 - I know how the corn sprouts? Yesterday there was not a blade in my field ; to-day I returned to the field and found some. Who can have given to the earth the wisdom and the power to produce it?' Then I buried my face in both my hands.
Página 217 - It is curious to observe among these wild savages the consummate vanity displayed in their head-dresses. Every tribe has a distinct and unchanging fashion for dressing the hair, and so elaborate is the coiffure that hair-dressing is reduced to a science. European ladies would be startled at the fact that to perfect the coiffure of a man requires a period of from eight to ten years! However tedious the operation, the result is extraordinary. The Latookas wear most exquisite helmets, all of which are...
Página 270 - ... that a lion's heart would do the business. To obtain this the rain-maker well knew was no joke. One day it was announced that a lion had attacked one of the cattle outposts, not far from the town, and a party set off for the twofold purpose of getting a key to the clouds and disposing of a dangerous enemy. The orders were imperative, whatever the consequences might be, which, in this instance, might have been very serious, had not one of our men shot the terrific animal dead with a gun.
Página 196 - This awakened my curiosity. I let my people go forward, and stayed myself, till I saw, with the utmost astonishment, two pieces, thicker and longer than our ordinary beefsteaks, cut out of the higher part of the buttock of the beast. How it was done I cannot positively say, because judging the cow was to be killed from the moment I saw the knife drawn, I was not anxious to view that catastrophe, which was by no means an object of curiosity. Whatever way it was done, it surely was adroitly, and the...
Página 205 - White and Blue Niles, with one regiment of Arnouts, and a battery of artillery. These troops are the curse of the country : as in the case of most Turkish and Egyptian officials, the receipt of pay is most irregular, and accordingly the soldiers are under loose discipline. Foraging and plunder is the business of the Egyptian soldier, and the miserable natives must submit to insult and ill-treatment at the will of the brutes who pillage them ad libitum.