 | 1784 - 1282 pages
...about every thing they faw, and ftrongly marking to us, tljat, 'ti'l now, they had never been vifiteJ by Europeans, nor been acquainted with any of our commodities, except iron ; which, however, it was plain they had only heard of, or had known it in fome fmall quantity, brought... | |
 | Voyages around the world - 1790 - 640 pages
...about every thing they (aw, and ftrongly marking to us, that, till now, they had never been viiited by Europeans, nor been acquainted with any of our commodities, except iron ; which, however, it was plain, they had only heard of, or had known it in fome fmall quantity, brought... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - Discoveries in geography - 1796 - 380 pages
...about every thing they faw, and ftrongly marking to us, that, till now, they had never been vifited by Europeans, nor been acquainted with any of our commodities, except iron ; which, however, it was plain, they had only heard of, or Lad known it in fome fmall quantity, brought... | |
 | Thomas Smith - Civilization - 1804 - 304 pages
...Mrongly proved to us, that they bad never till the present time been visited by Europeans, nor beea acquainted with any of our commodities, except iron...." In the end, they rejected them as of no use, and refined a looking-glass for the same reason. In their behaviour they were naturally polite, or at least... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1815 - 546 pages
...entire ignorance about every thing they saw, and strongly marking to us, that, till now, they had never been visited by Europeans, nor been acquainted with any of our commodities, except iron ; which, however, it was plain, they had only heard of, or had known it in some small quantity, brought... | |
 | General history - 1814 - 798 pages
...entire ignorance about every thing they saw, and strongly marking to us, that, till now, they had never been visited by Europeans, nor been acquainted with any of our commodities, except iron ; which, however, it was plain, they had only heard of, or had known it in some small quantity, brought... | |
 | Robert Kerr - Explorers - 1824 - 526 pages
...entire ignorance about every thing they saw, and strongly marking to us, that, till now, they had never been visited by Europeans, nor been acquainted with any of our commodities, except iron; which, however, it was plain, they had only heard of, or had known it in some small quantity, brought... | |
 | James Cook - Voyages and travels - 1842 - 654 pages
...entire ignorance about everything they saw, and strongly marking to us, that till now they had never been visited by Europeans, nor been acquainted with any of our commodities except iron, which, however, it was plain they had only heard of, or had known it in some small quantity brought... | |
 | James Cook - Voyages and travels - 1842 - 644 pages
...ignorance about everything they saw, and strongly marking to us, that till now they had never bcen visited by Europeans, nor been acquainted with any of our commodities except iron, which, however, it was plain they had only heard of, or had known it in some small quantity brought... | |
 | James Cook - Explorers - 1880 - 538 pages
...expressing their entire ignorance about everything they saw, and denoting that, till now, they had never been visited by Europeans, nor been acquainted with any of our commodities, except iron, which, however, it was plain they had only heard of. They seemed only to understand that it was a substance... | |
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... strongly marking to us, that till now they had never been visited by Europeans, nor been acquainted with any of our commodities except iron, which, however, it was plain they had only heard of, or had known it in some small quantity brought to them... 
