 | Herodotus - 1846 - 426 pages
...ear to ear; and then, laying hold of the crown, shakes out the skull: after scraping off the flesh"0 with an ox's rib, he rumples it between his hands,...coverings also of the entire skins, tacked together like shepherds' coats"1, and wear them, instead of cloaks, over all : others flay the right hands of their... | |
 | Sir Richard Francis Burton - 1862 - 594 pages
...ear to ear, and then, laying hold of the crown, shakes out the skull; after scraping off the flesh with an ox's rib, he rumples it between his hands,...most of these skin napkins is adjudged the best man, etc., etc. They also use the entire skins as horse-cloths, also the skulls for drinking-cups."— ("... | |
 | Sir Richard Francis Burton - 1862 - 604 pages
...ear, and then, laying hold of the crown, shakes out the skull ; after scraping off the flesh with _ an ox's rib, he rumples it between his hands, and...most of these skin napkins is adjudged the best man, etc., etc. They also use the entire skins as horse-cloths, also the skulls for drinking-cups." —... | |
 | 1864 - 668 pages
...IV. E to car, and then, laying hold of the crown, shakes out the skull. After scraping off the flesh with an ox's rib, he rumples it between his hands...most of these skin napkins is adjudged the best man," etc. etc. " They also use the entire skin as horse cloths, also the skulls for drinking cups." The... | |
 | Edward Balfour - 1873 - 1230 pages
...ear to ear, and then ; laying hold of the crown shakes out the skull, after scraping off the flesh with an ox's rib, he rumples it between his hands,...most of these skin napkins is adjudged the best man, &c., &c. They also use the skulls for drinking cups." The under-lying ideas were doubtless the natural... | |
 | Edward Balfour - 1873 - 1226 pages
...ear to ear, and then ; laying hold of the crown shakes out the skull, after scraping off the ílesh with an ox's rib, he rumples it between his hands,...he appends it to the bridle of the horse he rides, aud prides himself on this, for the Scythian that has most of these skin napkins is adjudged the best... | |
 | Edward Balfour - 1873 - 1234 pages
...scraping off the flesh with an ox's rib, he rumples it between his hands, and haviti^ thus softeued the skin, makes use of it as a napkin ; he appends...the bridle of the horse he rides, and prides himself ou tin-, for the Scythian that has most of these skin napkins is adjudged the best man, &c., &<•... | |
 | Sir Richard Francis Burton, Norman Mosley Penzer - 1924 - 248 pages
...ear to ear, and then, laying hold of the crown, shakes out the skull. After scraping off the flesh with an ox's rib, he rumples it between his hands...most of these skin napkins is adjudged the best man," etc., etc. " They also use the entire skin as horse cloths, also the skulls for drinking cups." The... | |
 | Johns Hopkins Hospital - 1911 - 706 pages
...ear to ear, and then, laying hold of the crown, shakes out the skull. After scraping off the flesh with an ox's rib, he rumples it between his hands...thus softened the skin, makes use of it as a napkin (to wipe the fingers after eating) ; he appends it to the bridle of the horse he rides, and prides... | |
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... in battle to the king ; for when he has brought a head, he is entitled to a share of the booty that may be taken — not otherwise; to skin the head, he makes a circular incision from ear to ear, and then, laying hold of the crown shakes out the skull... 