 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1845 - Liczba stron: 618
...their huts and canoes. Their skin is sensibly cold er than ours. It is impossible to fancy any thing in human nature more filthy. They are an ill-shapen...valued as much as a knife. Red flannel, torn into strips, pleases them more than in the piece ; they wound it around their heads, as a kind ol turban,... | |
 | James Cowles Prichard - 1847 - Liczba stron: 602
...their huts and canoes. Their skin is sensibly colder than ours. It is impossible to fancy any thing in human nature more filthy. They are an ill-shapen and ugly race." I shall conclude these accounts of the natives of Tierra del Fuego with a part of the description of... | |
 | Charles Wilkes - 1849 - Liczba stron: 702
...and vertebral column ; their arms arc long, and out of proportion; their legs small, and ill-made. There is, in fact, little difference between the size...bottle broken into pieces, is valued as much as a kiiifc. Red flannel, torn into stripes, pleases them more than in the piece ; they wound it around... | |
 | Charles De Wolf Brownell - 1857 - Liczba stron: 736
...greatly heightened by the illustrations which accompany his valuable narrative. "They are," he says, " an ill-shapen and ugly race. They have little or no...utmost use to them, such as iron and glass-ware. A glasd bottle broken into pieces is valued as much as a knife. Red flannel torn into stripes, pleases... | |
 | John Tillotson - 1869 - Liczba stron: 442
...owing to their constant sitting posture, both in their huts and their canoes. Their U skin is son«ibly colder than ours. It is impossible to fancy anything...filthy. They are an ill-shapen and ugly race. They have Kttk; or no idea of the relative value of articles, even of those that one would suppose were of the... | |
 | John Tillotson - 1870 - Liczba stron: 1154
...constant sitting posture, both in their huts and their canons. Their Skin is sensibly colder than cure. It is impossible to fancy anything in human nature...suppose were of the utmost use to them, such as iron and glass ware. A glass bottle broken into pieces is valued as much as a knife. Red flannel torn into strips... | |
 | 1845 - Liczba stron: 598
...their huts and canoes. Their skin is sensibly colder than ours. It is impossible to fancy any thing in human nature more filthy. They are an ill-shapen...valued as much as a knife. Red flannel, torn into strips, pleases them more than in the piece ; they wound it around their heads, as a kind of turban,... | |
 | Alan Gurney - 2002 - Liczba stron: 332
...were not adjectives that sprang to Wilkes's mind. "It is impossible," he wrote, "to fancy any thing in human nature more filthy. They are an ill-shapen and ugly race." Wilkes, however, had more pressing problems to worry about. The expedition had arrived late, dangerously... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1870 - Liczba stron: 1166
...is impossible to fancy anything in hnman nature more filthy. They are an ill-shapen and ugly lace. They have little or no idea of the relative value...suppose were of the utmost use to them, such as iron and glass ware. A glass bottle broken into pieces is valued as much as a knife. Red flannel torn into strips... | |
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A glass bottle broken into pieces is valued as much as a knife. Red flannel, torn into strips, pleases them more than in the piece ; they wound it around their heads, as a kind of turban, and it was amusing to see their satisfaction at this small acquisition.... 