 | 1792 - 532 pages
...hair, and féal it with wax. They cannot lie down, nor lean, without keeping the neck very itraight ; and, the country being very woody, it is not uncommon...they comb their hair, they pafs an hour by the fire melting the wax ; but this combing is only performed once or twice a year. To this curious account,... | |
 | Conversation - 1785 - 168 pages
...hair, and feal it with wax. They cannot lie down, , nor lean, without keeping the neck very ftraight ; and, the country being very woody, it is not uncommon...pafs an hour by the fire in melting the wax ; but thiscombing is only performed once or twice a year. To this curious account, extracted from Duhalde,... | |
 | 1802 - 314 pages
...ftraight ; and, the country being very woady, it is not uncommon to find them with their headrdrefs entangled in the trees. Whenever they comb their hair,...the wax ; but this combing is only performed once or twice a year. To this curious account, extracted from Duhalde, we muft join that of the inhabitants... | |
 | 1821 - 780 pages
...hair, and seal it with wax. They cannot lie down, nor lean, will-- out keeping the neck very straight; and the country being very woody, it is not uncommon to find them with their head-dress entangled in the trees. Whenever they comb their hair, they pass an hour by the fire im-lting... | |
 | 1822 - 440 pages
...hair and seal it with wax. They cannot lie down, nor lean, witbont keeping the neck very straight, and the country being very woody, it is not uncommon to find them with their head-dress entangled in the trees. Whenever they comb their hair they pass an honr by the fire iu melting... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - English literature - 1823 - 314 pages
...their hair, and seal it with wax. They cannot lie down, nor lean, without keeping the neck straight ; and the country being very woody, it is not uncommon to find them with their head-dress entangled in the trees. Whenever they comb their hair, they pass an hour by the fire in... | |
 | Saturday night - 1824 - 968 pages
...their hair, and seal it with wax. They cannot lie down, nor lean, without keeping the neck straight, and the country being very woody, it is not uncommon to find them with their head-dress entangled in the trees. Whenever they comb their hair, they pass an hour by the fire in... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Culture in literature - 1824 - 538 pages
...their hair, and seal it with wax. They cannot lie down, nor lean, without keeping the neck straight ; and the country being very woody, it is not uncommon to find them with their headdress entangled in the trees. Whenever they comb their hair, they pass an hour by the fire in melting... | |
 | 1824 - 486 pages
...their hair, and seal it with wax. They cannot lie down, nor lean, without keeping the neck straight, and the country being very woody, it is not uncommon to find them with their head-dress entangled in the trees. Whenever they comb their hair, they pass an hour by the fire in... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - American literature - 1846 - 530 pages
...to 6nd them with their head-dress entangled in the trees ; whenever they comb their hair, they pass an hour by the fire in melting the wax ; but this combing is only performed once or twice a year. The inhabitants of the land of Natal wear caps, or bonnets, from six to ten inches... | |
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They cannot lie down, nor lean, without keeping the neck straight ; and the country being very woody, it is not uncommon to find them with their head-dress entangled in the trees. Whenever they comb their hair, they pass an hour by the fire in melting... 
