Hakluytus Posthumus or Purchas His Pilgrimes, Vol. 6: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and Lande Travells by Englishmen and Others (Classic Reprint)
Hakluytus Posthumus or Purchas His Pilgrimes, Vol. 6: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and Lande Travells by Englishmen and Others (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Hakluytus Posthumus or Purchas His Pilgrimes, Vol. 6: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and Lande Travells by Englishmen and Others Tcncssc: and this division of Nilus into so many streames and branches causeth Egypt (as I have beforesaid) to bee so narrow. All this Province is plaine, and is most fi'uit full for all kind of Graine and Pulse. There are most pleasant and greene Medowcs, and great store of Geese and other F owles. The Countrey people are of a swart and browne colour: but the ...
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Excerpt from Hakluytus Posthumus or Purchas His Pilgrimes, Vol. 6: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and Lande Travells by Englishmen and Others Tcncssc: and this division of Nilus into so many streames and branches causeth Egypt (as I have beforesaid) to bee so narrow. All this Province is plaine, and is most fi'uit full for all kind of Graine and Pulse. There are most pleasant and greene Medowcs, and great store of Geese and other F owles. The Countrey people are of a swart and browne colour: but the Citizens are white. Garments they weare which are strait downe to their wastes, and broad beneath, and the sleeves likewise are strait. They cover their heads with a round and high habit, called by the Italians a Dulipan. Their shooes are made according to the ancient fashion. In Summer they weare Garments of parti-coloured Cotton: but in Winter they use a certaync Garment lined with Cotton, which they call Chebre: but the chiefe Citizens and Merchants are apparelled in cloth of Europe. The Inhabitants are of an honest, cheercfull, and liberal] disposition. For their victuals they use a kind of new and extreme salt Cheeses, and sowte Milke also artificially congealed: which fare albeit they account very daintie, yet cannot strangers digest it, and into every Dish almost they put sowte Milke. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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