The races of mankind, Volúmenes1-2Cassell, Petter, & Galpin, 1873 |
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... trees before us , the grouse would " drum " amongst the fern , while the " partridge " would sit stupidly on the branches of trees -like its Canadian congener - and we popped them over with our revolvers in passing . Here is the great ...
... trees before us , the grouse would " drum " amongst the fern , while the " partridge " would sit stupidly on the branches of trees -like its Canadian congener - and we popped them over with our revolvers in passing . Here is the great ...
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... trees . We had been told at Alberni that the trail was " beautiful - like a turnpike , sir ; " and though no way particular to a shade in our route , yet next morning we began to entertain grave suspicions that the " turnpike " would ...
... trees . We had been told at Alberni that the trail was " beautiful - like a turnpike , sir ; " and though no way particular to a shade in our route , yet next morning we began to entertain grave suspicions that the " turnpike " would ...
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... trees ( Acer macrophyllum ) , in as pretty a situation as ever I saw for an Indian village , and the usual filth not having yet had time to accumulate in the vicinity , a visit to it was not so disagreeable a duty as it is usually ...
... trees ( Acer macrophyllum ) , in as pretty a situation as ever I saw for an Indian village , and the usual filth not having yet had time to accumulate in the vicinity , a visit to it was not so disagreeable a duty as it is usually ...
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... trees , where the salmon are stored - it is said to keep them from the wolves . Wild animals are shot These spears are figured in the Transactions of the Scottish Society of Antiquaries , 1870 . and trapped in various ways for their ...
... trees , where the salmon are stored - it is said to keep them from the wolves . Wild animals are shot These spears are figured in the Transactions of the Scottish Society of Antiquaries , 1870 . and trapped in various ways for their ...
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... trees , break large stones off the mountains , & c . , and is indeed a dreadful personage , held accountable for anything which may happen out of the common . Here they pointed out to me a stone from which they ask rain or wind , or a ...
... trees , break large stones off the mountains , & c . , and is indeed a dreadful personage , held accountable for anything which may happen out of the common . Here they pointed out to me a stone from which they ask rain or wind , or a ...
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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 269 - 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 96 - 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 269 - 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 215 - 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 268 - ... 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 194 - 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 203 - 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.