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I uniformly observed that men and women , when they had gotten any thing in exchange , immediately commenced licking it , to intimate , as I afterwards learned , that it was then their property . While trading with the women , I had an ...
I uniformly observed that men and women , when they had gotten any thing in exchange , immediately commenced licking it , to intimate , as I afterwards learned , that it was then their property . While trading with the women , I had an ...
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... was so great as to prevent their attending to any enquiries on such matters ; these , together with the shortness of our stay among them , rendered it very difficult to ascertain any thing of a satisfactory nature on that subject .
... was so great as to prevent their attending to any enquiries on such matters ; these , together with the shortness of our stay among them , rendered it very difficult to ascertain any thing of a satisfactory nature on that subject .
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All these preparations being concluded , and the commander satisfied that he now had on - board every thing requisite for the proper fulfilment of the enterprise , he ordered the vessel to be completely cleared on the 9th of October ...
All these preparations being concluded , and the commander satisfied that he now had on - board every thing requisite for the proper fulfilment of the enterprise , he ordered the vessel to be completely cleared on the 9th of October ...
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Narrative of the Sufferings and Adventures of Henderick Portenger | 1 |
Travels of M Burckhardt in Egypt and Nubia | 1 |
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