The Last Travels of Ida Pfeiffer: Inclusive of a Visit to Madagascar : with an Autobiographical Memoir of the AuthorHarper, 1861 - 281 páginas |
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... Mauritius immediately after she had left Madagascar , and which , in spite of the most care- ful medical attention , and the kindest nursing on the part of her friends , proved fatal , prevented her from doing this herself . When ...
... Mauritius immediately after she had left Madagascar , and which , in spite of the most care- ful medical attention , and the kindest nursing on the part of her friends , proved fatal , prevented her from doing this herself . When ...
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... Mauritius . - Wealth of the Island . -The City of Port Louis . - Manner of Life among the Inhabitants.— Indian Servants . -Grand Dinners . - Creole Hospi- Country Houses . tality .. - - 103 A BIOGRAPHY OF IDA PFEIFFER ( COMPILED FROM ...
... Mauritius . - Wealth of the Island . -The City of Port Louis . - Manner of Life among the Inhabitants.— Indian Servants . -Grand Dinners . - Creole Hospi- Country Houses . tality .. - - 103 A BIOGRAPHY OF IDA PFEIFFER ( COMPILED FROM ...
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... Mauritius , under the superintendence of three white men . On the accession of Queen Ranavola , after the death of Radama , the new sovereign ordered these people to evacuate the district . They refused to obey the man- date , as they ...
... Mauritius , under the superintendence of three white men . On the accession of Queen Ranavola , after the death of Radama , the new sovereign ordered these people to evacuate the district . They refused to obey the man- date , as they ...
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... Mauritius some years , and had , in fact , landed here on his return voyage to that island . He had heard in Paris of my intention of proceeding to Madagascar , and that I had been dissuaded from attempting the journey . Hearing yester ...
... Mauritius some years , and had , in fact , landed here on his return voyage to that island . He had heard in Paris of my intention of proceeding to Madagascar , and that I had been dissuaded from attempting the journey . Hearing yester ...
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... Mauritius on the following day . In consequence of the rainy season having set in at Madagascar , the voyage from the Mau- ritius thither could not be commenced until the beginning of April ; but , in the interval , Mr. Lambert assured ...
... Mauritius on the following day . In consequence of the rainy season having set in at Madagascar , the voyage from the Mau- ritius thither could not be commenced until the beginning of April ; but , in the interval , Mr. Lambert assured ...
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afterward Alexander von Humboldt appeared arrived bearers beautiful BIOGRAPHY OF IDA Bourbon capital Carl Ritter carried certainly Christians costume court Creoles death dress Dutch Dutch guilders Dutch Republic English European favor feast feet fever fortunate French frequently friends girls give half handsome Herr Holland honor Hovas hundred Ida Pfeiffer inhabitants invited island journey kabar kind King Radama Laborde Lambert land live looked Madagascar Mademoiselle Julie Malagasey Mauritius miles missionaries months morning mother natives never night nobles obliged officers once oxen palace Paris passed Peter Booth poor Port Louis possession present Prince Rakoto Queen Ranavola received rice round royal scarcely seemed seen ship Sikidy simbu slaves soldiers Spanish dollar sugar Sumatra Tamatavé Tananariva thing tion To-day told took town traveling trees Vienna village voyage weeks whole wish woman women Zaandam
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Página 146 - Some let these tails hang all about their heads, while others unite them into bands or bunches, so as to cover the whole head. This kind of head-dress takes a good deal of time in preparing, particularly in the cases of the richer Malagaseys, who have their hair plaited into an infinite number of these little tails. On the head of one of these native beauties I counted above sixty plaits. The good lady's slaves must have had a good day's work in bringing them to the right pitch of perfection. On...