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Page 249
It was also ordered that we Religious should be carried in large covered chairs , like litters , each one of which is ... Besides all this , each town was to provide the Chinos ( coolies ) who might be required to carry our baggage .
It was also ordered that we Religious should be carried in large covered chairs , like litters , each one of which is ... Besides all this , each town was to provide the Chinos ( coolies ) who might be required to carry our baggage .
Page 256
For the journey , they gave to us Religious carrying - chairs which were borne by eight men , while Loarca and Sarmiento were given chairs carried by four men , and the other servants of our company had horses , everything else ...
For the journey , they gave to us Religious carrying - chairs which were borne by eight men , while Loarca and Sarmiento were given chairs carried by four men , and the other servants of our company had horses , everything else ...
Page 285
Although they have little sumpter - mules and little asses and pack - horses , they also employ men to carry burdens ... Their manner of carrying the burden is in two bundles or hampers slung at either end of a pole carried over their ...
Although they have little sumpter - mules and little asses and pack - horses , they also employ men to carry burdens ... Their manner of carrying the burden is in two bundles or hampers slung at either end of a pole carried over their ...
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INTRODUCTION | xvii |
i The Report of Galeote Pereira | 3 |
ii The Treatise of Fr Gaspar da Cruz O P | 45 |
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