Publications, Issue 34Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, 1833 - 224 pages |
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Page 77
... night they bivouac on the bare ground , without any protection from the night air , the dew , or even the rain ; merely constructing a palisade of branches of trees or thorns . Sometimes it happens that the expedition is deferred till ...
... night they bivouac on the bare ground , without any protection from the night air , the dew , or even the rain ; merely constructing a palisade of branches of trees or thorns . Sometimes it happens that the expedition is deferred till ...
Page 157
... night ; for to defend themselves they are obliged either to be continually flapping a great fan , or else to be burning tobacco , by the fumes of which the flies are driven away . There are some villages on the banks of the river where ...
... night ; for to defend themselves they are obliged either to be continually flapping a great fan , or else to be burning tobacco , by the fumes of which the flies are driven away . There are some villages on the banks of the river where ...
Page 162
... night . But as the length of the days and nights varies in different parts of the year , therefore cups are made of different sizes ; so that those which are used in the night at the winter solstice , mark the hours of the day in the ...
... night . But as the length of the days and nights varies in different parts of the year , therefore cups are made of different sizes ; so that those which are used in the night at the winter solstice , mark the hours of the day in the ...
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