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" ... down his ribs, and so on to the buttock, ^cutting the skin wherever it hinders them commodiously to strip the poor animal bare. All the flesh on the buttocks is then cut off, and in solid square pieces, without bones, or much effusion of blood ; and... "
Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile: In the Years 1768, 1769, 1770 ... - Page 467
by James Bruce - 1804 - 436 pages
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Curiosities of Savage Life

James Greenwood - 1863 - 478 pages
...hinders them ' commodiously to strip the poor animal bare. All the flesh on the buttocks is then cut off, and in solid square pieces without bones or much effusion...is a signal for .the company to sit down to table." And again, after describing the feast, he continues: "All this time the unfortunate victim at the door...
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Curiosities of Savage Life, Volume 1

James Greenwood - 1863 - 438 pages
...hinders them' commodiously to strip the poor animal bare. All the flesh on the buttocks is then cut off, and in solid square pieces without bones or much effusion...is a signal for the company to sit down to table." And again, after describing the feast, he continues:. "All this time the unfortunate victim at the...
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Curiosities of Savage Life

James Greenwood - 1863 - 448 pages
...in solid square pieces without bones or much effusion of blood ; and the prodigious noise the animil makes is a signal for the company to sit down to table." And again, after describing the feast, ho continues : " All this time the unfortunate victim at the...
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Abyssinia and Its People: Or, Life in the Land of Prester John

John Camden Hotten - 1868 - 424 pages
...putting their fingers between the flesh and the skin, they begin to strip the hide off the animal halfway down his ribs, and so on to the buttock, cutting the...before every guest, instead of plates, round cakes, if we may so call them, about twice as big as a pancake, and something thicker and tougher. It is unleavened...
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The English explorers, comprising details of the more famous travels by ...

English explorers - 1875 - 680 pages
...hinders them commodiously to strip the poor animal bare. All the flesh on the buttocks is then cut off, and in solid square pieces, without bones, or much...before every guest, instead of plates, round cakes, if they may be so called, about twice as large as a pan-cake, and something thicker and tougher. It is...
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The Wild Man at Home, Or, Pictures of Life in Savage Lands

James Greenwood - 1879 - 474 pages
...off, and in solid square pieces wi bones or much effusion of blood ; and the prodigious noise the ai makes is a signal for the company to sit down to table." And a after describing the feast, he continues : " All this time the unforti victim at the door is...
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The Nile Quest: A Record of the Exploration of the Nile and Its Basin

Harry Johnston - 1903 - 590 pages
...hinders them commodiously to strip the poor animal bare. All the flesh on the buttocks is then cut off, and in solid, square pieces, without bones, or much...is a signal for the company to sit down to table. plates, round cakes (if they may be so called) about twice as big as a pancake, and something thicker...
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