 | Sir Clements Robert Markham - 1880 - 588 pages
...silver in his house left it open, only placing a little stick ucross the door, as a sign that the master was out, and nobody went in. But when they saw that...thought little of us ; but now these natives, through oar bud example, have come to such a pass that no crime is unknown to them." — Calancha, lib. i.... | |
 | Sir Clements Robert Markham - Botany, Economic - 1880 - 592 pages
...silver in his house left it open, only placing a little stick ucross the door, as a sign that the master was out, and nobody went in. But •when they saw...locks in our doors, they understood that it was from fcar of theft; and when they saw that we had thieves amongst us, they thought little of us ; but now... | |
 | John Augustine Zahm - South America - 1911 - 608 pages
...in his house, left it open, only placing a little stick across the door, as the sign that the master was out; and nobody went in. But when they saw that we placed locks and keys on our doors, they understood that it was from fear of thieves, and when they saw that we... | |
 | Gustav Spiller - International relations - 1911 - 520 pages
...silver in his house left it open, only placing a little stick across the door as a sign that the master was out, and nobody went in. But when they saw that we placed locks and keys on our doors, they understood that it was from fear of thieves, and when they saw that we... | |
 | Hohepa Te Rake, Ettie Annie Rout - Civilization - 1926 - 412 pages
...in his house, left it open, only placing a little stick across the door, as a sign that the master was out, and nobody went in. But when they saw that we placed locks and keys on our doors, they understood that it was from fear of thieves, and when they saw that we... | |
 | New Thought - 1952 - 1054 pages
...gold in his house left it open, placing only a little stick across the door as a sign that the master was out, and nobody went in! But when they saw that we placed locks and keys on our doors, they understood that it was from fear of thieves, and when they saw that we... | |
 | Theosophy - 1923 - 792 pages
...silver in his house left it open, only placing a little stick across the door as a sign that the master was out, and nobody went in. But when they saw that we placed locks and keys on our doors, they understood that it was from the fear of thieves ; and when they saw that... | |
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Crimes were once so little known among them that an Indian with one hundred thousand pieces of gold and silver in his house left it open, only placing a little stick across the door as a sign that the master was out, and nobody went in. But when they... 