A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, Volume 20R. Phillips & Company, 1809 |
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Page 173 - among these equestrian knights; he provides him with arms, as soon as he is strong enough to wield them, and in such array he is presented to his father. The grateful pupil rewards his foster-father for the pains he has taken to qualify him in the predatory arts, by giving him the greatest share of the
Page 172 - or the price of blood: but neither princes nor usdens accept of such a compensation ; as it is an established law among them, to demand blood for blood. In their amusements, the youth of both sexes freely converse with each other, as the Circassian women
Page 218 - and at the public ex pence, in the pursuit of knowledge, and for the discovery and observation of distant countries and manners ; but that, " in seeking to improve a connection with China, no views were entertained except those of the general interests of humanity, the mutual benefit of both nations, and the protection of commerce under the Chinese government.
Page 124 - wick with which he had lighted them, he threw into the large lamp. " At length, the element of water was worshipped. For this purpose, pure water was kept ready in a large marine shell, which was placed on a brass vase supported by the right corner of the pagoda. The dervise
Page 124 - In the middle was placed a small idol, with a very high bonnet, called Gupaledshi; at its right side there was a large black stone, and on the left, two smaller ones of the same colour, brought from the Ganges, and regarded by the Indians as sacred. These fossils were of the species called
Page 104 - which are given to the insects, as soon as they have sufficient strength, by placing them gently on their beds. By this means the shoots remain fresh and succulent, and the worms devour them even to the woody fibres, so that no part of the nutritive foliage is wasted. As these insects are every day
Page 358 - and a carduus, as a relish, with their rice. In rearing silk-worms, the leaves of the ash are often given for those of the mulberry. They manufacture a kind of cloth from the fibres of a dead nettle; and paper, from the straw of rice, from filaments of hemp, and the bark of various vegetables. Early in the
Page 168 - prince, or usden, pays a visit in full dress, he arrays himself with all his accoutrements and coat of arms, above which he occasionally has an additional jacket of mail. It is by no means uncommon to see Circassians of the lower class walking