| 1874 - 792 pages
...rice, much cotton cloth and cloth of silk. The houses " be very fair and high builded, the streets large, the people naked, except "a little cloth about...their waste. The women wear great store of silver" hoops about their necks and arms, and their legs are ringed about with "silver and copper, and rings... | |
| John Horton Ryley - Asia - 1899 - 340 pages
...king whereof is a Gentile, a man very well disposed and delighted much to shoot in a gun. His countrey is very great and fruitful, and hath store of Rice,...builded, the streetes large, the people naked, except a litle cloth about their waste. The women weare great store of siluer hoopes about their neckes and... | |
| Samuel Purchas - Voyages and travels - 1905 - 558 pages
...well disposed, and delighteth much to shoot in a Gunne. His Countrie is very great and fruitfull, and store of Rice, much Cotton cloth, and cloth of Silke. The Houses be very faire and high builded, the Streets large, the People naked, except a little cloth about their waste. The Women weare great store... | |
| Yogendra-Nātha Dāsa Gupta - Bengal (India) - 1914 - 208 pages
...king whereof is a Gentile, a man very well disposed and delighted much to shoot in a gun. His countrey is very great and fruitful, and hath store of Rice,...except a little cloth about their waste. The women wearc great store of siluer hoopes about their neckes and arnies, and their legs are ringed with siluer... | |
| William Foster - India - 1921 - 444 pages
...Bevewhereof is a Gentile, a man very well disposed and delighteth much to shoot in a gun. His countrey is very great and fruitful, and hath store of rice,...builded, the streetes large, the people naked, except a litle cloth about their waste. The women weare great store of silver hoopes about their neckes and... | |
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