The Art of Travel; Or, Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild CountriesMurray, 1867 - 360 sider |
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The Art of Travel; Or, Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries Francis Galton Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1867 |
The Art of Travel, Or, Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries Francis Galton Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1867 |
The Art of Travel; Or, Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries Sir Francis Galton Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1867 |
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Side 22 - Treat the patient instantly, on the spot, in the open air, freely exposing the face, neck, and chest to the breeze, except in severe weather.
Side 22 - This mode of treatment, under the name of "Prone and Postural Respiration," is thus described by its distinguished a.uthor : — " (1.) Treat the patient instantly, on the spot, in the open air, exposing the face and chest to the breeze (except in severe weather).
Side 329 - If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength : but wisdom is profitable to direct.
Side 266 - The aim is usually taken at the hind-legs of the animals, and, the cords twisting round them, they become firmly bound. It requires great skill and long practice to throw the bolas dexterously, especially when on horseback. A novice in the art incurs the risk of dangerously hurting either himself or his horse by not giving the balls the proper swing, or by letting go the hand-ball too soon.
Side 216 - When level with the surface, they raise its walls higher; and so go on, throwing out the sand and raising the wall, till they have reached the water. If they adopted our method, the soil is so light, that it would fall on them before they could possibly raise the wall from the bottom ; nor, without the wall, could they sink to any considerable depth.
Side 144 - ... after which the sledges were packed, and another day's march commenced. In these little huts we usually slept warm enough, although latterly, when our blankets and clothes became loaded with ice, we felt the cold severely. When our low doorway was carefully blocked up with snow, and the cooking-lamp alight, the temperature quickly rose so that the walls became glazed, and our bedding thawed ; but the cooking over, or the doorway partially opened, it as quickly fell again, so that it was impossible...
Side 64 - It died in the course of the day. The Lama forthwith skinned the poor beast, and stuffed it with hay. This proceeding surprised us at first, for the Lama had by no means the air of a man likely to give himself the luxury of a cabinet of natural history. When the operation was completed we...
Side 59 - The madrina (or godmother) is a most important personage. She is an old steady mare, with a little bell round her neck; and wheresoever she goes, the mules, like good children, follow her. If several large troops are turned into one field to graze, in the morning the muleteer has only to lead the madrinas a little apart, and tinkle their bells; and, although there may be 200 or 300 mules together, each immediately knows its own bell, and separates itself from the rest.
Side 22 - Promote the warmth of the body by the application of hot flannels, bottles, or bladders of hot water, heated bricks, &c., to the pit of the stomach, the arm-pits, between the thighs, and to the soles of the feet.