| Mungo Park - Africa - 1807 - 594 pages
...would appear strange to an European > to see a child suck a piece of rock-salt, as if it were sugar. This, however, I have frequently seen ; although,...eats salt with bis victuals, is the same as saying, be is a rich man. I have myself suffered great inconvenience from the scarcity of this article. The... | |
| Mungo Park - Africa, West - 1813 - 374 pages
...would appear strange to an European; 6 to see a child suck a piece of rock-salt as if it were sugar. This, however, I have frequently seen ; although in the inland parts, the poorer class of the inhabitants are so very rarely indulged with this precious article, that to say a man fats salt... | |
| Mungo Park - Africa - 1816 - 576 pages
...would appear strange to an European, to see a child suck a piece of roclc-salt, as if it were sugar. This, however, I have frequently seen ; although,...precious article, that to say a man eats salt with his victuals, is the same as saying be is a rich man. I have myself suffered great inconvenience from... | |
| Mungo Park - Africa - 1816 - 234 pages
...rock-salt as if it were sugar ; this is frequent in Africa; but the poorer sort of inhabitants are so rarely indulged with this precious article, that to say, " a man eats salt to his victuals," is to say he is a rich man. The negroes are in general very industrious ; they are... | |
| Mungo Park - 1820 - 234 pages
...rock-salt as if it were sugar; this is frequent in Africa ; but the poorer sort of inhabitants are so rarely indulged with this precious article, that to say, " a man eats salt to his victuals," is to say he is a rich man. The negroes are in general very industrious ; they are... | |
| Samuel Parkes - Chemical engineering - 1823 - 780 pages
...child suck a piece of rock salt as if it were sugar. This, however, I have frequently seen ; although the poorer class of inhabitants are so very rarely...precious article, that to say ' A man eats salt with his provisions,' is the same as saying ' He is a rich man.' I have suffered great inconvenience myself... | |
| Mungo Park - Africa - 1825 - 188 pages
...rock-salt as if it were sugar ; this is frequent in Africa ; but the poorer sort of inhabitants are so rarely indulged with this precious article, that to . say a man " eats salt to his victuals," is to say he is a rich man. The negroes are in genera] very industrious : they are... | |
| Josiah Conder - Africa - 1830 - 344 pages
...however, not gold, is wealth in these countries. " In the inland parts," says Mr. Park, " the poorer class are so very rarely indulged with this precious article, that to say a man eats salt with his victuals, is the same as saying, he is a rich man."— Park, vol. ip 278. Ignorant, degraded, and... | |
| 1832 - 548 pages
...child suck a piece of rock-salt as if it » ere sugar. This, however, I have frequently seen ; although the poorer class of inhabitants are So very rarely indulged with this precious article, ; h.it. to say that a man cats salt with his provisions; is the same as saying he is a rfcii man. I... | |
| Industrial arts - 1833 - 426 pages
...child suck a piece of rock-salt as if it were sugar. This, however, I have frequently seen ; although the poorer class of inhabitants are so very rarely indulged with this precious article, that to say that a man eats salt with his provisions is the same as saying he is a rich man. I have suffered great... | |
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