 | Hakluyt Society - Australia - 1859 - 372 pages
...hole or dent of the flat soft juice, and then rubbing or twirling the hard piece between the palms of their hands, they drill the soft piece till it...and seeing men walking on the shore, we presently set a canoe to get some acquaintance with them, for we were in hopes to get some provisions among them.... | |
 | David Laing Purves - Discoveries in geography - 1874 - 856 pages
...the hole or dent of the flat soft piece ; then rubbing or twirling the hard piece between the palms of their hands, they drill the soft piece till it...January the 5th, and seeing men walking on the shore, wo presently sent a canoe to get some acquaintance with them : for we were in hopes to get some provision... | |
 | Percy Bolingbroke St. John - 1876 - 386 pages
...into the hole or dent of the flat soft piece, and rubbing or twirling the hard piece between the palms of their hands, they drill the soft piece till it smokes and at last takes fire. I spent a good hour in raking together fuel for a fire, and then following out the above directions... | |
 | Albert Frederick Calvert - Australia - 1893 - 166 pages
...the hole or dent of the soft flat piece ; then rubbing or twirling the hard piece between the palms of their hands, they drill the soft piece till it smokes, and at last takes fire." He goes on to say that he gave them some old clothes to induce them to help in carrying small water... | |
 | History - 1919 - 236 pages
...hole or dent of the soft flat piece, and then rubbing or twirling the hard piece between the palms of their hands, they drill the soft piece till it...they said. We anchored, as I said before, January 5th, and seeing men walking on the shore, we presently sent a canoe to get some acquaintance with them,... | |
 | Jonathan Lamb, Vanessa Smith, Nicholas Thomas - History - 2000 - 394 pages
...they drill the soft piece till it smoaks, and at last takes Fire. These People speak somewhat thro' the Throat; but we could not understand one word that...seeing Men walking on the Shore, we presently sent a Canoa to get some Acquaintance with them: for we were in hopes to get some Provision among them. But... | |
 | Tim Fridtjof Flannery - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 404 pages
...of Guinea... Manatee: Dampier is referring to the dugong. Hodmadods: the Hottentots of South Africa. These people speak somewhat through the throat; but...word that they said. We anchored, as I said before, on January the 5th, and seeing men walking on the shore, we presently sent a canoe to get some acquaintance... | |
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... and then rubbing or twirling the hard piece between the palms of their hands, they drill the soft piece till it smokes, and at last takes fire. These people speak somewhat through the throat, but we could not understand one word that they said. We... 