 Then come the inhabitants, and place one or more parcels of gold upon the wares, and wait outside the enclosure. The owners of the flesh and other goods then examine whether this be equal to the price or not. If so, they take the gold, and the others...  Travels in southern Abyssinia - Page 435by Charles Johnston - 1844Full view - About this book
 | Arnold Hermann Ludwig Heeren - Carthage (Extinct city) - 1832 - 596 pages
...others the wares ; if not the others still add more gold, or take what they have put down back again. The trade is carried on in this manner because the...dispose of the goods which they bring with them." The truth of this statement is so much confirmed by internal evidence, that no one will hesitate to... | |
 | Arnold Hermann Ludwig Heeren - Africa - 1832 - 594 pages
...others the wares ; if not the others still add more gold, or take what they have put down back again. The trade is carried on in this manner because the...dispose of the goods which they bring with them." The truth of this statement is so much confirmed by internal evidence, that no one will hesitate to... | |
 | Arnold Hermann L. Heeren - 1832 - 596 pages
...others the wares ; if not the others still add more gold, or take what they have put down back again. The trade is carried on in this manner because the...languages are different, and they have no interpreter ; it takess about five days to dispose of the goods which they bring with them." The truth of this statement... | |
 | Michael Russell - Africa, East - 1833 - 456 pages
...and cut up their oxen, they lay the pieces of flesh, as well as the * Herodotus, Thalia, chap. 25. iron and salt, upon the thorns. Then come the inhabitants,...days to dispose of the goods which they bring with them."0 From this statement M. Heeren concludes, with much show of reason, that the Altar of the Sun... | |
 | Michael Russell - Ethiopia - 1833 - 364 pages
...gold upon the wares, and wait outside the enclosure. The owners of the * Herodotus, Thalia, chap. 85. flesh and other goods then examine whether this be...different, and they have no interpreter : it takes about live days to dispose of the goods they bring with them."* From this statement, M. Heeren concludes,... | |
 | Michael Russell - Ethiopia - 1833 - 342 pages
...they take the gold, and the others take the wares ; if not, the latter still add more gold, or lake back what they had already put down. The trade is...: it takes about five days to dispose of the goods they bring with them."* From this statement, M. Heeren concludes, with much show of reason, that the... | |
 | Child rearing - 1837 - 348 pages
...gold upon the wares, and wait outside the enclosure. The owners of the * Herodotus, Tlialia, chap. 25. flesh and other goods then examine whether this be...: it takes about five days to dispose of the goods they bring with them."* From this statement, M. Heeren concludes, with much show of reason, that the... | |
 | Michael Russell - Ethiopia - 1842 - 342 pages
...not, the latter still add more gold, or take back what they had already put down. The trade is earned on in this manner because the languages are different,...: it takes about five days to dispose of the goods they bring with them."* From this statement, M. Heeren concludes, with much show of reason, that the... | |
 | Byron Khun de Prorok - History - 2002 - 380 pages
...gold, and the others take the wares. If not, the natives add more gold, or take back what they have already put down. The trade is carried on in this...interpreter. It takes about five days to dispose of the goods they have brought with them." " Five days," I thought, as I uncorked another bottle. Evidently the... | |
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