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Pagina 81
... beast , mineral , or tree , as " Heron , " " Tiger , " " Tin , " " Cotton . " Those who , on growing up , develop some peculiarity , receive a kind of nickname , to G which " Father " or " Mother " is attached NATIONAL CUSTOMS . 81.
... beast , mineral , or tree , as " Heron , " " Tiger , " " Tin , " " Cotton . " Those who , on growing up , develop some peculiarity , receive a kind of nickname , to G which " Father " or " Mother " is attached NATIONAL CUSTOMS . 81.
Pagina 87
... trees on a hillside , and then sow their crops on the mixed soil and ashes . Next year they migrate to another hill and repeat the same operation , leaving the first hill to recover its natural vegetation , till after six or seven years ...
... trees on a hillside , and then sow their crops on the mixed soil and ashes . Next year they migrate to another hill and repeat the same operation , leaving the first hill to recover its natural vegetation , till after six or seven years ...
Pagina 88
... trees on his patch , which is called a toungya . This is done by commencing at the bottom of the hillside , and making slight notches in the biggest trees and leaving the small trees un- touched . Ascending gradually , the notches made ...
... trees on his patch , which is called a toungya . This is done by commencing at the bottom of the hillside , and making slight notches in the biggest trees and leaving the small trees un- touched . Ascending gradually , the notches made ...
Pagina 94
... tree . It fell without even waiting for the blow . " Well , that's the sharpest dah I ever used , " blurted out Po Khai , as he watched the crash of the huge tree . Of course the seven hills were all cleared off before breakfast . Po ...
... tree . It fell without even waiting for the blow . " Well , that's the sharpest dah I ever used , " blurted out Po Khai , as he watched the crash of the huge tree . Of course the seven hills were all cleared off before breakfast . Po ...
Pagina 96
... tree and the clubs began to beat a rat- tat - too on their unlucky backs . To entreat the deaf cords and clubs was , of course , useless . Next morning Po Khai found his tormentors in his power , and half dead with the terrible beating ...
... tree and the clubs began to beat a rat- tat - too on their unlucky backs . To entreat the deaf cords and clubs was , of course , useless . Next morning Po Khai found his tormentors in his power , and half dead with the terrible beating ...
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Pagina 24 - Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther. By Rev. Canon G. RAWLINSON, MA With Homilies by Rev. Prof. JR THOMSON, MA, Rev. Prof. RA REDFORD, LL.B., MA, Rev. WS LEWIS, MA, Rev. JA MACDONALD, Rev. A. MACKENNAL, BA, Rev. W. CLARKSON, BA, Rev. F. HASTINGS, Rev. W. DINWIDDIE, LL.B., Rev. Prof. ROWLANDS, BA, Rev. G. WOOD, BA, Rev. Prof. PC BARKER, MA, LL.B., and the Rev.
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Pagina 16 - LEE, Rev. FG, DCL— The Other World ; or, Glimpses of the Supernatural. 2 vols. A New Edition. Crown Svo, 15s. Letters from an Unknown Friend. By the Author of
Pagina 6 - The Principles of Mental Physiology. With their Applications to the Training and Discipline of the Mind, and the Study of its Morbid Conditions.
Pagina 32 - XI. Animal Mechanism : a Treatise on Terrestrial and Aerial Locomotion. By Professor EJ Marey. With 117 Illustrations.
Pagina 16 - KINGSLEY, Charles, MA— Letters and Memories of his Life. Edited by his Wife. With two Steel Engraved Portraits, and Vignettes on Wood. Fifteenth Cabinet Edition. 2 vols. Crown 8vo, 12s. %* Also a People's Edition, in one volume. With Portrait. Crown 8vo, 6s. All Saints' Day, and other Sermons. Edited by the Rev. W. HARRISON. Third Edition. Crown 8vo, Js. 6d. True Words for Brave Men. A Book for Soldiers' and Sailors
Pagina 6 - World : a Simple Account of Man in Early Times. Seventh Edition. Crown 8vo, 3?. A Special Edition for Schools, is. The Childhood of Religions.
Pagina 18 - MORELL, JR— Euclid Simplified in Method and Language. Being a Manual of Geometry. Compiled from the most important French Works, approved by the University of Paris and the Minister of Public Instruction.
Pagina 12 - HAECKEL (Prof. Ernst) — THE HISTORY OF CREATION. Translation revised by Professor E. RAY LANKESTER, MA, FRS With Coloured Plates and Genealogical Trees of the various groups of both plants and animals. 2 vols. Second Edition. Post 8vo. cloth, price 32*.
Pagina 27 - Sister Augustine, Superior of the Sisters of Charity at the St. Johannis Hospital at Bonn. Authorised Translation by HANS THARAU, from the German "Memorials of AMALIE VON LASAULX.