 Seeing some individuals employed on the ground under its shade, and the conical points of what looked like houses in miniature protruding through its evergreen foliage, I proceeded thither, and found that the tree was inhabited by several families of...  The Sportsman - Page 14Full view - About this book
 | Missions - 1838 - 716 pages
...astonishment counted u fewer than seventeen houses, and part of three others unfinished. On reachiM the topmost hut, about thirty feet from the ground, I entered and sat down. It only furniture was the hay which covered the floor, a spear, a spoon, and a bo»i full of locusts.... | |
 | 1838 - 786 pages
...mounted the aerial abodes, and to my astonishment counted no fewer than seventeen houses, and part of three others unfinished. On reaching the topmost hut,...floor, a spear, a spoon, and a bowl full of locusts. As I had not tasted any food since morning, I asked a woman who sat at the door with an infant in her... | |
 | Arts - 1842 - 592 pages
...protruding through its evergreen foliage, I proceeded thither, and found that the tree was inhahited by several families of Bakoues, the aborigines of...spear, a spoon, and a bowl full of locusts. Not having enten anything that day, and from the novelty of my situation, not wishing to return immediately to... | |
 | 1842 - 736 pages
...foliage, I proceeded thither, and found that the tree was inhabited by several families of Bakones, the aborigines of the country. I ascended by the notched...spoon, and a bowl full of locusts. Not having eaten any thing that day, and from the novelty of my situation, not wishing to return immediately to the... | |
 | Robert Moffat - Africa, Southern - 1842 - 686 pages
...foliage, I proceeded thither, and found that the tree was inhabited by several families of Bakones, the aborigines of the country. I ascended by the notched...spoon, and a bowl full of locusts. Not having eaten any thing that day, and from the novelty of my situation, not wishing to return immediately to the... | |
 | Christianity - 1842 - 740 pages
...foliage, I proceeded thither, and found that the tree was inhabited by several families of Bakones, the aborigines of the country. I ascended by the notched...only furniture was the hay which covered the floor, » spear, a spoon, and a bowl full of locusts. Not having eaten any tiling that day, and from the novelty... | |
 | Books - 1842 - 610 pages
...ravine, between a high range of mountains," The tree was found to be inhabited by several families. " I ascended by the notched trunk, and found, to my...seventeen of these aerial abodes, and three others unfurnished. On reaching the topmost hut, about thirty feet from the ground, I entered and sat down.... | |
 | S. Warrand - 1842 - 590 pages
...foliage, I proceeded thither, and found that the tree was inhabited by several families of Bakones , the aborigines of the country. I ascended by the notched...found, to my amazement, no less than seventeen of these aciial abodes, and three others unfinished. On reaching the topmost hut , about thirty feet from the... | |
 | Christianity - 1842 - 750 pages
...foliage, I proceeded thither, and found that the tree was inhabited by several families of Bakones, the aborigines of the country. I ascended by the notched trunk, and found, to my amazement, 10 less than seventeen of these aerial abodes, and three others unfinished, ^n reaching the topmost... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1843 - 604 pages
...foliage, 1 proceeded thither, and found that the tree was inhabited by several families of Bakones, the aborigines of the country. I ascended by the notched...spoon, and a bowl full of locusts. Not having eaten any thing that day, and from the novelty of rny situation, not wishing to return immediately to the... | |
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