A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, Τόμος 1Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
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Σελίδα 52
... piece of silk , or on a bird's feather , and then extract it with- out much inconvenience . But the most terrible of all diseases , is the elephantiasis ; for which , no cure has ever been discovered . See ELE- PHANTIASIS . To the ...
... piece of silk , or on a bird's feather , and then extract it with- out much inconvenience . But the most terrible of all diseases , is the elephantiasis ; for which , no cure has ever been discovered . See ELE- PHANTIASIS . To the ...
Σελίδα 53
... piece on his shield . Elephants are hunt- ed by the Shangalla for their teeth . The cawe leopard is rare and very ... pieces of slaughtered carcases , which this cruel and unclean people expose in the streets without burial . " The hyæna ...
... piece on his shield . Elephants are hunt- ed by the Shangalla for their teeth . The cawe leopard is rare and very ... pieces of slaughtered carcases , which this cruel and unclean people expose in the streets without burial . " The hyæna ...
Σελίδα 54
... piece - meal after crushing their bones . The cerastes , or horned viper , is commonly about thirteen or fourteen inches in length , and its poison is contained in a bag under its canine teeth . This reptile moves in all directions with ...
... piece - meal after crushing their bones . The cerastes , or horned viper , is commonly about thirteen or fourteen inches in length , and its poison is contained in a bag under its canine teeth . This reptile moves in all directions with ...
Σελίδα 57
... piece of beef in his bare hands , laying it upon the cakes of teff placed like dishes down the table . By this time all the guests have knives in their hands , and the men have large crooked ones , which they put to all sorts of uses ...
... piece of beef in his bare hands , laying it upon the cakes of teff placed like dishes down the table . By this time all the guests have knives in their hands , and the men have large crooked ones , which they put to all sorts of uses ...
Σελίδα 58
... piece he takes in his mouth ; and the more noise he makes in chewing it , the more polite he is thought to be ... pieces . At Masuah several coins have been in- troduced . The Venetian sequin is equal to two and a quarter pataka ; the ...
... piece he takes in his mouth ; and the more noise he makes in chewing it , the more polite he is thought to be ... pieces . At Masuah several coins have been in- troduced . The Venetian sequin is equal to two and a quarter pataka ; the ...
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