 | 1760 - 638 pagine
...various kinds, as Hags and wild boars, butefpecially elephants, •which ate fo fierce and deftruclive, that the inhabitants are obliged to kindle large fires...prevent their being devoured by them. Neither dare theyflir ' far from their homes, without lighted torches or firebrands In their hands, to frighten... | |
 | 1760 - 564 pagine
...various kinds, as flags and wild boars, but especially elephants, which arc fo fierce and deftruftive, that the inhabitants are obliged to kindle large fires...prevent their being devoured by them. Neither dare theyftir far from their homes, without lighted torches or firebrands in their hands, to frighten them... | |
 | Richard Brookes - 1812 - 832 pagine
...beads of various kinds, as (tags, boars, and elephants, which laft are fo fierce and deftrutftive, that the inhabitants are obliged to kindle large fires...fown fields, to prevent their being devoured by them. The country is alfo rich in gold, which is warned down by the rivers in great quantities, and makes... | |
 | William Channing Woodbridge - 1827 - 496 pagine
...The soil ia luxuriant and fertile. There are wild beasts of various kinds, and the elephants arc so fierce and destructive, that the inhabitants are obliged to kindle large fires round their field:<, to prevent them from devouring the crops. The country is rich in (>old, which is washed down... | |
 | Richard Brookes - 1827 - 756 pagine
...large tails. Here are wild beasts of various kinds, as stags, boars, and elephants, which last are so fierce and destructive, that the inhabitants are obliged to kindle large fires round their sown fields, to prevent their being devoured by them. The country is also rich in gold, which ii washed... | |
 | William Channing Woodbridge - 1827 - 494 pagine
...soil is luxuriant and fertile. There are wild beasts of various kinds, and the elephants are so ñerce and destructive, that the inhabitants are obliged to kindle large fires round their fields, to prevent them from devouring the crops. The country is rich in gold, which is washed down... | |
 | William Channing Woodbridge - 1836 - 544 pagine
...of Uun.OA.and MOM BAZA, were formerly subject to beasts of various kinds, and the elephants are so fierce and destructive, that the inhabitants are obliged to kindle large fires round their fields, to prevent them from devouring the crops. The country is rich in gold, which is washed down... | |
 | Emma Willard - 1835 - 526 pagine
...The soil is luxuriant and fertile. There are wild easts of various kinds, and the elephants are so fierce and destructive, that the inhabitants are obliged to kindle large fires round their fields, to prevent them from devouring the crops. The country is rich in gold, which is washed down... | |
 | George Landmann - 1835 - 902 pagine
...large tails. Here are wild beasts of various kinds, as stags, boars, and elephants, which last are so fierce and destructive, that the inhabitants are obliged to kindle large fires round their sown fields, to protect them. The country is rich in gold, which is washed down by the rivers in great... | |
 | Thomas Ewing (of Edinburgh.) - 1839 - 348 pagine
...and fertile. Here are wild beasts of various kinds, as stags, boars, and elephants, which last are so fierce and destructive, that the inhabitants are obliged to kindle large fires round their sown fields, to prevent their being devoured by them. The region is also rich in gold, which is washed... | |
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... them. The country is rich in gold, which is washed down by the rivers in great quantities, and makes a chief part of its commerce. Ivory, ebony, slaves, and cattle, are likewise changed for European, goods. 