 | Francis Galton - Biography & Autobiography - 1853 - 352 pages
...suppose two sticks of tobacco to be the rate of exchange for one sheep, it would sorely puzzle a Damara to take two sheep and give him four sticks. I have done so, and seen a man first put two of the sticks apart and take a sight over them at one of the sheep he was about to sell.... | |
 | Agriculture - 1855 - 632 pages
...stick is about an ounce) to be the rate of exchange for one sheep, it would sorely nuzzle a Damara to take two sheep and give him Four sticks. I have done so, and seen a man first put two of the sticks apart and take a sight over yet we find a good many still adhering to the... | |
 | James Greenwood - 1864 - 506 pages
...suppose two sticks of tobacco to be the rate of exchange for one sheep, it would sorely puzzle a Damara to take two sheep and give him four sticks. I have done so and seen a man first put two of the sticks apart and take a sight over them at one of the sheep he was about to sell.... | |
 | James Greenwood - Anthropology - 1865 - 466 pages
...sorely puzzle a Damara to take two sheep and givc him four sticks. I have done so and seen a man first put two of the sticks apart and take a sight over them at ono of the sheep he was about to sell. Having satisfied himself that that one was honestly paid for,... | |
 | John George Wood - Ethnology - 1868 - 802 pages
...suppose two sticks of tobacco to be the rate of exchange for one sheep, it would sorely puzzl« i Damara to take two sheep and give him four sticks. I have done so, and seen a man fir?! put two of the sticks apart, and take a sight over them at one of the sheep he was about to sell.... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - Anthropology - 1871 - 470 pages
...paid for separately. Thus, suppose two sticks of tobacco to be the rate of exchange for one sheep, it would sorely puzzle a Dammara to take two sheep...sticks. I have done so, and seen a man put two of the 1 Gallon, Tropical South Africa, p. 132. sticks apart, and take a sight over them at one of the sheep... | |
 | Science - 1893 - 902 pages
...suppose two sticks of tobacco to be the rate of exchange for one sheep, it would sorely puzzle a Damara to take two sheep and give him four sticks. I have...he was about to sell. Having satisfied himself that one was honestly paid for, and finding to his surprise that exactly two sticks remained in hand to... | |
 | Education - 1873 - 698 pages
....paid for separately. Thus, suppose two sticks of tobacco to be the rate of exchange lor one sheep, it would sorely puzzle a Dammara to take two sheep .and give him four slicks. I have done so and seen a man put two of the sticks apart, and take a sight over them at one... | |
 | Education - 1874 - 652 pages
...paid for separately. Thus, suppose two sticks of tobacco to be the rate of exchange for one sheep, it would sorely puzzle a Dammara to take two sheep...he was about to sell. Having satisfied himself that one was honestly paid for, and finding to his surprise that exactly two sticks remained in hand to... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - Anthropology - 1875 - 630 pages
...paid for ' separately. Thus, suppose two sticks of tobacco to be ' the rate of exchange for one sheep, it would sorely ' puzzle a Dammara to take two sheep...four sticks. I have done so, and seen a man put two 1 of the sticks apart, and take a sight over them at one ' of the sheep he was about to sell. Having... | |
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When bartering is going on each sheep must be paid for separately. Thus, suppose two sticks of tobacco to be the rate of exchange for one sheep, it would sorely puzzle a Damara to take two sheep and give him four sticks. 
