 Iceland moss, in the uninhabited parts of the country.. They have, generally, a man or two with them: and the few weeks they spend in this employment in the desert, are regarded as the happiest of the whole year. They live in tents, which they remove...  The pilgrim of Scandinavia - Page 98by Charles John S.G. Canning (3rd baron Garvagh.) - 1875Full view - About this book
 | Jean-Baptiste Du Halde - 1739 - 502 pages
...inhabited . by the Mongou Princes, ranged under fortynine Ki, or Standards. "T1 HE Mcngcu Tartars live only in Tents, which they remove from Place to Place, according to the different Seafons of the Year, and the Convenience of their Flocks ; in Summer they encamp on the Banks... | |
 | Ebenezer Henderson - 1818 - 492 pages
...they repair in companies, about the middle of summer, to collect the Fiallagrds, or Lichen Islandicus, in the uninhabited parts of the country. They have,...happiest of the whole year. They live in tents, which theyremove from place to place, according to the greater or less abundance of the moss. At this time... | |
 | Ebenezer Henderson - 1819 - 634 pages
...they repair in companies, about the middle of summer, to collect the Flallagros, or Lichen Islandicus, in the uninhabited parts of the country. They have,...place, according to the greater or less abundance of tfie moss. At this time the men are either out at the fresh-water fishing, or proceeding in cavalcades... | |
 | James Bell - 1832 - 736 pages
...They are generally accompanied by some of the men ; and the few weeks they spend in this employment, are regarded as the happiest of the whole year. They...according to the greater or less abundance of the moss. At this time the men are either out at the fresh water fishing, or proceeding in cavalcades to the... | |
 | James Bell - 1832 - 762 pages
...are generally accompanied by some of the men ; and the few weeks they spend in this employment, axe regarded as the happiest of the whole year. They live...according to the greater or less abundance of the moss. At this time the men are either out at the fresh water fishing, or proceeding in cavalcades to the... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1836 - 588 pages
...cheese, Ac., and they repair in companies, about the middle of summer, to collect the Lichens islandicus, or Iceland moss, in the uninhabited parts of the country.....according to the greater or less abundance of the moss. At this time the men are either out at the fresh-water fishing, or proceeding in cavalcades to the... | |
 | Charles Alfred Browne - 1843 - 444 pages
...pearls are found in some of the rivers. Town*. The different tribes in general form wandering hordes and live in tents, which they remove from place to place according to the season, or as they find pasturage for their flocks. Except in the western division, inhabited by the... | |
 | Alfred Radford Symonds - 1845 - 430 pages
...pearls are found in some of the rivers. Towns. The different tribes in general are wandering hordes, and live in tents which they remove from place to place according to the season, or as they find pasturage for their flocks. Except in the western division, inhabited by the... | |
 | Joachim Hayward Stocqueler - 1848 - 372 pages
...pearls are found in some of the rivers. The different tribes in general form wandering hordes, and live in tents, which they remove from place to place, according to the season, or as they find pasturage for their flocks. Except in the western division, inhabited by the... | |
 | 1897 - 674 pages
...companies about the middle of summer to collect the Iceland moss in the uninhabited parts of the country, and the few weeks they spend in this employment in...according to the greater or less abundance of the moss. . . . Habituated from the earliest years to hear of the character of their ancestors, and the asylum... | |
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