 | Enos Bronson - 1810 - 456 страници
...squabbling and almost fighting with their drawn knives for the raw meat thai was handed about, and the left' bread that lay heaped up around the table. There were,...those who were too hasty in seizing their portion. Bruce's assertion that the brinde is cut off from the animal while yet alive is positively denied;... | |
 | Anonymous - 1809 - 506 страници
...much in the same way as boys in England feed young magpies.' It is scarcely possible, says the writer, to describe the scene that was going on in the mean...those who were too hasty in seizing their portion. Bruce's assertion that the brinde is cut off from the animal while yet alive is positively denied :... | |
 | George Valentia - 1994 - 512 страници
...close by on the carpet.. We were very plentifully fed by the Ras himself with eggs, fowl m curry, find balls of a mixed composition of wild celery, curds...morrow. The thermometer was 68° in our room, and freqnent storms of rain occurred during the day. " August 30. — A copy of Lord Valentia's. letter,... | |
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It is scarcely possible, says the writer, to describe the scene that was going on in the mean time in the hall, where the people were squabbling and almost fighting with their drawn knives for the raw meat that was handed about, and the teff bread that... 