 There the old people that are not able to stir abroad by reason of their age, and the tender infants, wait their return; and what Providence has bestowed on them they presently broil on the coals and eat it in common. Sometimes they get as many fish as...  Inventing Australia: Images and Identity, 1688-1980by Richard White - 1981 - 216 pagesNo preview available - About this book
 | William Dampier - Buccaneers - 1699 - 592 pages
...many Filh as makes them a plentiful Banquet ; and at other times they fcarce get everyone a tafte : but be it little or much that they get, every one has his part, as well the young and tender, the old and feeble, who are not able to go abroad, as the ftrong and lufty. When they have eaten they... | |
 | William Dampier - Australia - 1703 - 774 pages
...many Filh as makes them a plentiful Banquet ^ and at other times they fcarce get v svery one a tafte : But be it little or much that they get, every one has his part, as well the young and tender, the old and feeble, who are not able to go ibroad, as the ftrong and lufty. When they hare aten they... | |
 | John Pinkerton - Discoveries in geography - 1812 - 1030 pages
...many fiih as makes them a plentiful banquet, and at other times they fcarce get every one a tafte ; but be it little or much that they get every one has his part, as well the young and tender, the old and feeble, who are not able to go abroad, as the ftrong and lufty. When they have eaten they... | |
 | Samuel Bennett - Australia - 1865 - 710 pages
...; and what Providence has bestowed on them they presently broil on the coals, and eat it in common. Sometimes they get as many fish as makes them a plentiful...be it little or much that they get, every one has Ms part, as well the young and tender, the old and feeble, who are not able to go abroad, as the strong... | |
 | William Howitt - Australia - 1865 - 450 pages
...; and what Providence has bestowed on them they presently broil on the coals, and eat it in common. Sometimes they get as many fish as makes them a plentiful banquet, sometimes they scarcely get every one a taste ; but little or much, each one, whether able to go out... | |
 | David Laing Purves - Discoveries in geography - 1874 - 856 pages
...them, they presently broil on the coals, and eat'it in common. Sometimes they get as many fish as mako them a plentiful banquet ; and at other times they...the old and feeble, who are not able to go abroad, and the strong and lusty. When they have eaten, they lie down till the next low water, and then all... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1882 - 428 pages
...— and share together. Sometimes they secure fish enough for a plentiful banquet, and at others " they scarce get every one a taste ; " but be it little or much that they get, every one has his part — the young and tender or old and feeble, as well as the strong and lusty. The repast at an end,... | |
 | Albert Frederick Calvert - Australia - 1893 - 166 pages
...return, and what Providence has bestowed on them they presently broil on the coals and eat it in common. Sometimes they get as many fish as makes them a plentiful banquet, sometimes they scarcely get everyone a taste ; but little or much each one, whether able to go out... | |
 | Andrew Lang - Religion - 1899 - 392 pages
...evolve his ethics ? "Be it little or be it much they get," says Dampier about the Australians in 1688, " every one has his part, as well the young and tender as the old and feeble, who are not able to get abroad as the strong and lusty." This conduct reverses the cosmical process, and notoriously civilised... | |
 | Folklore Society (Great Britain) - Folklore - 1899 - 1086 pages
...lands. I refer Mr. Hartland to what Dampier says : " Be it little or be it much they get, everyone has his part, as well the young and tender as the old and feeble, who are not able to go abroad." Compare Mr. Man on another very low race, the Andamanese : " Every care and consideration are paid... | |
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