The Last Travels of Ida Pfeiffer: Inclusive of a Visit to Madagascar : with an Autobiographical Memoir of the Author |
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Page 53
... handsome buildings , but none of remark- able appearance except the royal palace - the council - house of old times . This is built in a grand style , and beautified with excellent sculpture . I must farther mention a few peculiarities ...
... handsome buildings , but none of remark- able appearance except the royal palace - the council - house of old times . This is built in a grand style , and beautified with excellent sculpture . I must farther mention a few peculiarities ...
Page 56
... handsome oval form , were absolutely fes- tooned with white curtains , looped up with gay ribbons . The entrance door , of which the upper part was glazed , also boasted of a curtain of dazzling whiteness . The interior of this ...
... handsome oval form , were absolutely fes- tooned with white curtains , looped up with gay ribbons . The entrance door , of which the upper part was glazed , also boasted of a curtain of dazzling whiteness . The interior of this ...
Page 62
... handsome gardens ; in many parts there are avenues of sturdy trees , of a thickness I have sel- dom seen surpassed . Lime - trees , oaks , and beech - trees , and among the latter particularly the red beeches , attain a height in ...
... handsome gardens ; in many parts there are avenues of sturdy trees , of a thickness I have sel- dom seen surpassed . Lime - trees , oaks , and beech - trees , and among the latter particularly the red beeches , attain a height in ...
Page 63
... handsome curtains , while every door - lock is so brightly polished as to look as if it had been just fixed . All the houses stand in little gardens , and each has three doors . One of these is never used but on the most important ...
... handsome curtains , while every door - lock is so brightly polished as to look as if it had been just fixed . All the houses stand in little gardens , and each has three doors . One of these is never used but on the most important ...
Page 64
... handsome enough , with plenty of glazed cupboards , full of all kinds of rarities , particularly china , among which I noticed specimens of Chinese and Japanese manufacture . I saw no beds ; their place was supplied by false cupboards ...
... handsome enough , with plenty of glazed cupboards , full of all kinds of rarities , particularly china , among which I noticed specimens of Chinese and Japanese manufacture . I saw no beds ; their place was supplied by false cupboards ...
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Page 146 - Some let these tails hang all about their heads, while others unite them into bands or bunches, so as to cover the whole head. This kind of head-dress takes a good deal of time in preparing, particularly in the cases of the richer Malagaseys, who have their hair plaited into an infinite number of these little tails. On the head of one of these native beauties I counted above sixty plaits. The good lady's slaves must have had a good day's work in bringing them to the right pitch of perfection. On...