 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 820 pages
...water from their mouth, ears, and rioftrils, and frequently even blood. But this does not hinder thtm from going down again in their turn. They will often make from 40 to со plunges in one day ; and at each plunge bring up about ioo oyfters. Some rub their bodies... | |
 | Thousand notable things - 1822 - 604 pages
...that upon being brought into the boat the divers discharge water from their mouth, ears, and nostrils, and frequently even blood ; but this does not hinder them from going down again in their turn. They often make from forty to fifty plunges in a day, and at each plunge 'bring up about one hundred oysters.... | |
 | 1823 - 848 pages
...upon being brought into the boat, the divers discharge water from their mouth, ears, and nostrils, and frequently even blood. But this does not hinder...down again in their turn. They will often make from 40 to 50 plunges in one day ; and at each plunge bring up about loo oysters. Some rub their bodies... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 512 pages
...their mouths, ears, and nostrils, and frequently even blood. But this does not hinder them from 1,'oing down again in their turn. They will often make from...plunges in one day ; and at each plunge bring up about 100 oysters. Some rub their bodies over with oil, and stuff their ears and noses to prevent the water... | |
 | Philip Henry Gosse - 1854 - 344 pages
...this does not hinder them from going down in their turn. " They will often," continues our author, " make from forty to fifty plunges in one day, and at each plunge bring up about a hundred oysters. Some rub their bodies over with oil, and stuff their ears and noses to prevent the water from... | |
 | 1867 - 522 pages
...his right hand, and is immediate!* . this means drawn up and brought into the boat. These nien ' I4. often make from forty to fifty plunges in one day, and at each 1"' .^ bring up about a hundred oysters. Some rub their bodies ovei «' oil, and stuff their eers and... | |
 | Henry Thomas Buckle - 1872 - 748 pages
...upon being brought into the boat, the divers discharge water from their mouths, ears, and nostrils, and frequently even blood. But this does not hinder...one day; and at each plunge bring up about a hundred oysters. Some rub their bodies over witli oil, and stuff their ears and noses to prevent the water... | |
 | Robert F. Marx - 1990 - 244 pages
...upon being brought into the boat, the divers discharge water from their mouths, ears and nostrils, and frequently even blood. But this does not hinder...going down again in their turn. They will often make forty or fifty plunges in one day, and at each plunge bring up about a hundred oysters. Quite often... | |
 | Robert F. Marx - 1990 - 244 pages
...blood. But this does not hinder them from going down again in their turn. They will often make forty or fifty plunges in one day, and at each plunge bring up about a hundred oysters. Quite often these divers will suddenly drop dead from haemorraging or congestion. It is work... | |
 | Manuela D. Domingos - 1995 - 854 pages
...upon being brought into the boat, the divers discharge water from their mouth, ears, and nostrils, and frequently even blood. But this does not hinder...one day; and at each plunge bring up about a hundred oysters. Some rub their bodies over with oil, and stuff their ears and noses to prevent the water from... | |
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... ears, and nostrils, and frequently even blood. But this does not hinder them from going down again in their turn. They will often make from forty to fifty plunges in one day; and at each plunge bring up about a hundred oysters. 
