 ... it very carefully, dipping it continually in the water till nothing remains but the fine fibres of the inner coat. Being thus prepared in the afternoon, they are...  Annual Register - Page 23edited by - 1774Full view - About this book
 | John Hawkesworth - 1773 - 444 pages
...the fhell which our dealers call Tyger's tongue, Tellina gargadia, fcrape it very carefully, dipping it continually in the water till nothing remains but...fome difficulty, as the miftrefs of the family always fuperintcnds the doing Ee 2 of 1769. of it: they are placed in lengths of about eleven or twelve yards,... | |
 | 1775 - 674 pages
...the iheH which our dealers call Tyger's Tongue, Tellina gargadia, fcrape it very carefully, dipping it continually in the water, till nothing remains...evening ; and in this part of the work there appears ta be fome difficulty, as the miftrefs of the family always fonerintends the doing of it ; they are... | |
 | 1785 - 468 pages
...the fhell which our dealers call Tyger's tongue, Tellind gargadia, fcrape it very carefully, dipping it continually in the water till nothing remains but...coat. Being thus prepared in the afternoon, they are fpn-ad out upon plantain leaves in the evening ; and in this part of the work there appears to be fome... | |
 | 1793 - 602 pages
...che fhell which our dealers call tyger's tongue, Tellina gargadia, fcrape it very carefully, dipping it continually in the water, till nothing remains...they are placed in lengths of about eleven or twelve ynrds, one by the fide of another, till they are about a foot broad, and two or three layers are alfo... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 430 pages
...the under fide upon a flat fmooth board, and with a kind of (hell fcrape it very carefully, dipping it continually in the water till nothing remains but...Being thus prepared in the afternoon, they are fpread Dark. ( A ) The bark of the oak has been long ufed in tanning leather, and even thought eflential to... | |
 | 1803 - 598 pages
...it very carefully, dipping it continually in the jyater, till nothing remains but the fine fibrfes of the inner coat. Being thus prepared in the afternoon, 'they are spread out upon plantain leaves in the evening ; and in this part of the work there appears to be some... | |
 | General history - 1814 - 798 pages
...the shell which our dealers call Tyger's tongue, Tettina gargadia, scrape it very carefully, dipping it continually in the water till nothing remains but...coat. Being thus prepared in the afternoon, they are spread out upon plantain leaves in the evening ; and in this part of the work there appears to be some... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1815 - 534 pages
...the shell which our dealers call Tyger's tongue, Tellina gargadia, scrape it very carefully, dipping it continually in the water till nothing remains but...coat. Being thus prepared in the afternoon, they are spread out upon plantain leaves in the evening ; and in this part of the work there appears to be some... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1815 - 550 pages
...the shell which our dealers call Tyger's tongue, Tellina gargadia, scrape it very carefully, dipping it continually in the water till nothing remains but...coat. Being thus prepared in the afternoon, they are spread out upon plantain leaves in the evening ; and in this part of the work there appears to be some... | |
 | 1816 - 740 pages
...carefully, dipping jt continually in the water till nothing remains but the fine fibre" of the inner co*t. Being' thus prepared in the afternoon, they are fpread out upon plantain leaves in <hi? evening ; they are placed in lengths of about 1 1 or 1 1 yards, one by the fide of another, till... | |
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