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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Página 44
... trees and planks , float down hence to distant harbors . Taking a wide cir- cuit , we drove down into this crater ; and then I became aware that the basin was much wider than it had appeared from above , and that it afforded space for ...
... trees and planks , float down hence to distant harbors . Taking a wide cir- cuit , we drove down into this crater ; and then I became aware that the basin was much wider than it had appeared from above , and that it afforded space for ...
Página 47
... trees , others simply threw themselves on the grass ; but all seemed equally devoted to the national beverage of the country , the beer , without which a true Bavarian would scarcely be able to enjoy himself thoroughly . In spite of ...
... trees , others simply threw themselves on the grass ; but all seemed equally devoted to the national beverage of the country , the beer , without which a true Bavarian would scarcely be able to enjoy himself thoroughly . In spite of ...
Página 53
... trees , which make the town look very fresh and pleasant . There are some handsome buildings , but none of remark- able appearance except the royal palace - the council - house of old times . This is built in a grand style , and ...
... trees , which make the town look very fresh and pleasant . There are some handsome buildings , but none of remark- able appearance except the royal palace - the council - house of old times . This is built in a grand style , and ...
Página 62
... trees , oaks , and beech - trees , and among the latter particularly the red beeches , attain a height in Holland perhaps unparalleled elsewhere . In Zeigst there is an establishment of the Moravian brethren . ZAANDAM . - BROECK . 63 ...
... trees , oaks , and beech - trees , and among the latter particularly the red beeches , attain a height in Holland perhaps unparalleled elsewhere . In Zeigst there is an establishment of the Moravian brethren . ZAANDAM . - BROECK . 63 ...
Página 64
... trees , I did not see a single leaf on the ground . The people , I believe , keep no domestic animals except oxen and cows , for fear the streets should be dirtied . Verily , this is carry- ing cleanliness to extremes . We went into ...
... trees , I did not see a single leaf on the ground . The people , I believe , keep no domestic animals except oxen and cows , for fear the streets should be dirtied . Verily , this is carry- ing cleanliness to extremes . We went into ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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...