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Page 25
In one of them he found a kind of dog that never barks , and in both there were nets of palm - fibre and cordage , as well as horn fish - hooks , bone harpoons , and other apparatus " for fishing , and several hearths .
In one of them he found a kind of dog that never barks , and in both there were nets of palm - fibre and cordage , as well as horn fish - hooks , bone harpoons , and other apparatus " for fishing , and several hearths .
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There was a wonderful supply of nets and other fishing implements , but nothing was touched . He believed that all the people on the coast were fishermen , who took the fish inland , for this island is very large , and so beautiful ...
There was a wonderful supply of nets and other fishing implements , but nothing was touched . He believed that all the people on the coast were fishermen , who took the fish inland , for this island is very large , and so beautiful ...
Page 40
They also fished with nets , and , among many others , caught a fish which was exactly like a pig , not like a tunny , but all covered with a very hard shell , without a soft place except the eyes . It was ordered to be salted ...
They also fished with nets , and , among many others , caught a fish which was exactly like a pig , not like a tunny , but all covered with a very hard shell , without a soft place except the eyes . It was ordered to be salted ...
Page 173
The fishermen became terrified and rowed homewards , and they saw nothing but destruction devastating their fishing grounds , while the wreaths of black vapor and the rushing noise of the paddle - wheels , foaming with the stirred up ...
The fishermen became terrified and rowed homewards , and they saw nothing but destruction devastating their fishing grounds , while the wreaths of black vapor and the rushing noise of the paddle - wheels , foaming with the stirred up ...
Page 206
You sit at their tables , you sleep under their roof - tree , you fish , hunt , and fowl with them . You follow them to their employments in field , forest , and workshop , you travel their roads , cross their rivers , worship with them ...
You sit at their tables , you sleep under their roof - tree , you fish , hunt , and fowl with them . You follow them to their employments in field , forest , and workshop , you travel their roads , cross their rivers , worship with them ...
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| Title | Old South Leaflets Old South Leaflets, Old South Association Issue 5 of Old South leaflets: Annual series |
| Contributor | Old South Association |
| Publisher | Directors of the Old South Work, 1902 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2010 |
| Length | 8 pages |
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