 The natives, when they see the smoke, come down to the shore, and, laying out to view so much gold as they think the worth of the wares, withdraw to a distance. The Carthaginians upon this come ashore and look. If they think the gold enough, they take...  A History of Ancient Geography - Pagina 95di Henry Fanshawe Tozer - 1897 - 387 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Herodotus - 1859 - 586 pagine
...where they no sooner arrive but forthwith they unlade their wares, and, having disposed them after an orderly fashion along the beach, leave them, and,...natives ever carry off the goods till the gold is taken away.* 197. These be the Libyan tribes whereof I am able to give the names ; and most of these cared... | |
 | Herodotus - 1859 - 590 pagine
...where they no sooner arrive but forthwith they unlade their wares, and, having disposed them after an orderly fashion along the beach, leave them, and,...natives ever carry off the goods till the gold is taken away.7 197. These be the Libyan tribes whereof I am able to give the names ; and most of these cared... | |
 | Herodotus, George Rawlinson - 1862 - 474 pagine
...where they no sooner arrive but forth witli they unlade their wares, and, having disposed tbem after an orderly fashion along the beach, leave them, and,...natives ever carry off the goods till the gold is taken away.7 197. These be the Libyan tribes whereof I am able to give the names ; and most of these cared... | |
 | Herodotus - 1866 - 486 pagine
...great smoke. The natives, when they see the smoke, come down to the shore, and, laying out to view во much gold as they think the worth of the wares, withdraw...natives ever carry off the goods till the gold is taken away.7 197. These be the Libyan tribes whereof I am able to give the names ; and most of these cared... | |
 | François Lenormant, Elisabeth Chevallier - 1871 - 980 pagine
...where they no sooner arrive but forthwith they unlade their wares, and, having disposed them after an orderly fashion along the beach, leave them, and,...natives ever carry off the goods till the gold is taken away." * This singular method of commerce is still practised by certain negro tribes. 5. Whilst thus... | |
 | Herodotus - 1880 - 572 pagine
...The derivation Cartha-hedith (or hedes) " new town," seems the most probable one. — [GW] . 195-197. The natives, •when they see the smoke, come down...natives ever carry off the goods till the gold is taken away.7 197. These be the Libyan tribes whereof I am able to give the names ; and most of these cared... | |
 | Sir Richard Francis Burton, Verney Lovett Cameron - 1883 - 410 pagine
...not seem to them sufficient, they go aboard once more and wait patiently. Then the others draw near and add to their gold till the Carthaginians are content....natives ever carry off the goods till the gold is taken away.' Plato (' Critias ' 1) may refer to this dumb trade when he tells us, 'Never was prince more... | |
 | George Rawlinson - 1889 - 700 pagine
...wait patiently. Then the others approach and add to their gold, till the Carthaginians are satisfied. Neither party deals unfairly by the other : for they...goods, nor do the natives ever carry off the goods until the gold has been taken away.' The nature of the Phoenician trade with the Canaries, or Fortunate... | |
 | George Rawlinson - 1889 - 408 pagine
...unfairly by the other ; for the Carthaginians never touch the gold till it comes up to the estimated worth of their goods, nor do the natives ever carry off the goods till the gold has been taken away." r Commercial honesty is in nothing more strikingly shown than in the quality... | |
 | Henry Fanshawe Tozer - 1897 - 450 pagine
...no sooner arrive but forthwith they unlade their wares, and, having disposed them after an mfr"™b Com" orderly fashion along the beach, leave them,...on the Mediterranean contains a surprising amount Africa"" °f of truth, when we consider how difficult it has been in all ages to penetrate that region.... | |
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