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Page 55 - They possess, likewise, a kind of plant, which, instead of fruit, produces wool of a finer and better quality than that of sheep. Of this the Indians make their clothes.
Page 166 - When she came to the river, she gave the horse some water and then filled her pitcher : having done this, she returned by the way she came, with the pitcher of water on her head, the horse fastened by a bridle to her arm, and as before, employed in spinning.
Page 96 - The first person who has proved this, was, as far we are able to judge, Necho king of Egypt. When he had desisted from his attempt to join by a canal the Nile with the Arabian Gulf, he despatched some vessels...
Page 176 - Histiseus was desirous to communicate his intentions to Aristagoras ; but as the ways were strictly guarded, he could devise no other method. He therefore took one of the most faithful of his slaves, and inscribed what we have mentioned upon his skull, being first shaved...
Page 116 - Gette obstinately defended themselves, but were soon reduced ; these, of all the Thracians, are the bravest and most upright. XCIV. They believe themselves to be immortal, and whenever any one dies, they are of opinion that he is removed to the presence of their god Zamolxis, whom some believe to be the same with Gebeleizes. Once in every five years they choose one by lot, who ie to be despatched as a messenger to Zamolxis, to make known to him their several wants.
Page 164 - To have punctures on the skin » with them a mark of nobility, to be without these is a testimony of mean descent : the most honourable life with them is a life of indolence ; the most contemptible, that of a husbandman. Their supreme delight is in war and plunder. Such are their more remarkable distinctions. VII. The gods whom they worship are Mars, Bacchus, and Diana: besides these popular gods, and in preference to them, their princes worship Mercury.
Page 104 - Scythian drinks the blood of the first person he slays j the heads of all the enemies who fall by his hand in battle, he presents to his king : this offering entitles him to a share of the plunder, which he could not otherwise claim. Their mode of stripping the skin from the head is this : — 'they make a circular incision behind the ears, then, taking hold of the head at the top, they gradually flay it, drawing it towards ' them; They next soften it in their hands, removing every fleshy part which...
Page 13 - ... injury. Give him therefore this bow, and in my name speak to him thus : — The king of Ethiopia sends this counsel to the king of Persia : when his subjects shall be able to bend this bow with the same ease that I do, then with a superiority of numbers he may venture to attack the Macrobian Ethiopians. In the mean time, let him be thankful to the gods that the Ethiopians hav^ not been inspired with the same ambitious views of extending their possessions.
Page 96 - ... Libya they happened to be sailing, and waited for harvest ; then having reaped the corn, they put to sea again. When two years had thus passed, in the third, having doubled the pillars of Hercules, they arrived in Egypt, and related what to me does not seem credible, but may to others, that as they sailed round Libya, they had the sun on their right hand. Thus was Libya first known.
Page 8 - The bones of those who fell in the engagement were soon afterwards collected, and separated into two distinct heaps. It was observed of the Persians, that their heads were so extremely soft as to yield to the slight impression even of a pebble. Those of the Egyptians, on the contrary, were so firm that the blow of a large stone could hardly break them. * * * , I saw the very same fact at Papremis, after examining the bones of those who, under the conduct of Achaemenes, son of Darius, were defeated...