 | Agriculture - 1851 - 612 pages
...It would appear strange to a European to see a child suck a piece of rock-salt as if it were sugar. This, however, I have frequently seen ; although in...precious article, that to say ' a man eats salt with his victuals ' is the same as saying ' he is a rich man.' I have myself suffered great inconvenience... | |
 | J. L. Murphy - 1838 - 260 pages
...It would appear strange to a European to see a child suck a piece of rock-salt, as if it were sugar. This however I have frequently seen; although, in the inland parts, the poorer class of the inhabitants are so very rarely indulged with this precious article, that to say a man eats salt... | |
 | Mungo Park - Africa, West - 1840 - 262 pages
...appear strange to a European," he says, " to see a child suck a piece of rock salt as if it were sugar. This, however, I have frequently seen, although in...inland parts the poorer class of inhabitants are so rarely indulged with this precious article, that to say a man eats salt to his victuals is the same... | |
 | CHRISTIAN TRAVELLER. - Africa, West - 1841 - 220 pages
...it were sugar. This, however, is frequently seen ; although in the inland parts the poorer classes of inhabitants are so very rarely indulged with this...precious article, that to say a man eats salt with his victuals is the same as saying he is a rich man. The Mandingo towns do not materially differ from... | |
 | John Brand - 1842 - 306 pages
...rock Salt as if it were sugar : this is frequent in Africa ; but the poorer sort of inhahitants are so rarely indulged with this precious article, that to say, ' A man eats Salt with his victuals,' is to say he is a rich man." In the order for the house at Denton, by Tho. Lord Fairfax,... | |
 | John Brand - Christian antiquities - 1842 - 312 pages
...rock Salt as if it were sugar: this is frequent in Africa; hut the poorer sort of inhahitants are so rarely indulged with this precious article, that to say, ' A man eats Salt with his victuals,' is to say he is a rich man." (*) "The Lydians, Persians,and Thracians, esteemenotsoothsayinghy... | |
 | Mary Fawler Maude - Bible - 1845 - 494 pages
...sucks a piece of rock-salt as if it were sugar. The poorer classes of the inhabitants are, however, so very rarely indulged with this precious article, that to say a man eats salt with his food, is the same as saying he is a rich man. The long use of vegetable food creates so painful... | |
 | Henry H. Methuen - Africa, Southern - 1846 - 352 pages
...It would appear strange to a European to see a child suck a piece of rock-salt, as if it were sugar. This, however, I have frequently seen ; although,...precious article, that to say a man eats salt with his victuals, is the same as saying he is a rich man. I have myself suffered great inconvenience from... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Ellis - Christian antiquities - 1849 - 520 pages
...rock salt as if it were sugar ; this is frequent in Africa ; but the poorer sort of inhabitants are so rarely indulged with this precious article, that to say, ' A man eats salt with his victuals,' is to say he is a rich man." In the order for the house at Denton, by Tho. Lord Fairfax,... | |
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European to see a child suck a piece of rock-salt as if it were sugar. This, however, I have frequently seen ; although, in the inland parts, the poorer class of inhabitants are so very rarely indulged with this precious article, that to say a man eats... 
