 ... milk every morning. It is of no importance whether the girl has an appetite or not ; the kouskous and milk must be swallowed, and obedience is frequently enforced by blows. I have seen a poor girl sit crying, with the bowl at her lips, for more than...  The History of Various Modern African Nations - Page 242by William Fordyce Mavor - 1808 - 390 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Mungo Park - 1799 - 524 pages
...milk must be swallowed ; and obedience is frequently enforced by blows. I have seen a poor girl sit crying, with the bowl at her lips, for more than an hour; and her mother, with a stick in her hand, watching her all the while, and using the stick without mercy,... | |
 | 1800 - 490 pages
...milk muft be fwallowed; and obedience is frequently enforced by blows. I have feen a poor girl fit crying, with the bowl at her lips, for more than an hour; and her mother, with a (tick in her hand, watching her all the while, and uiing the (lick without mercy,... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1804 - 412 pages
...milk must be swallowed, and obedience is frequently enforced by blows. I have seen a poor girl sit crying with the bowl at her lips, for more than an...any male native dies, one of his women or relations bursts into a loud outcry, which is the signal for all the females of the village to commence a doleful... | |
 | 1800 - 424 pages
...milk mufi be fwallowed ; and obedience is frequently enforced by blows. I have feen a poor girl fit crying, with the bowl at her lips, for more than an hour ; and her mother, with- a ftick jn her hand, watching her all the^ •\vhile, and ufing the ftick withoutmercy,... | |
 | Mungo Park - 1813 - 374 pages
...milk must be swallc'.ved, and obedience is frequently enforced by blows. I have seen a poor gir! sit crying, with the bowl at her lips, for more than an hour ; and her mother, with a stick in her hand, watching her all the while, and using the stick without mercy,... | |
 | Catherine Hutton - 1821 - 564 pages
...morning. Whether appetite demand it, or not, these must be swallowed; and I have seen a poor girl sit crying, with the bowl at her lips, for more than an hour; and the mother watching over her with a stick in her hand, which she used from time to time, without mercy, to enforce... | |
 | Catherine Hutton - 1821 - 602 pages
...morning. Whether appetite demand it, or not, these must be swallowed ; and I have seen a poor girl sit crying, with the bowl at her lips, for more than an hour ; and the mother watching over her with a stick in her hand, which she used from time to time, without mercy, to enforce... | |
 | 1826 - 418 pages
...milk must be swallowed ; and obedience is frequently enforced by blows. I have seen a poor girl sit crying, with the bowl at her lips, for more than an hour ; and her mother, with a stick in her hand, watching her all the while, and using the stick without mercy,... | |
 | 1829 - 298 pages
...swallowed, and obedience is frequently enforced by blows. Mr. Park adds " I have seen a poor girl sit crying with the bowl at her lips for more than an hour, and her mother, with a stick in her hand, watching her all the while, and using the stick without mercy,... | |
 | Alexander Walker - 1840 - 434 pages
...in'"' , mst be swallowed, and obedience is frequently enforced by blows. I have seen a poor girl sit crying with the bowl at her lips for more than an hour, and her mother with a suck in her hand watching her all the while, and using the stick without mercy whenever... | |
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