 | Blackie and son, ltd - 1880 - 406 Seiten
...he places it in the hands of the eldest of the boys, who is, as it were, the chief of the band. He looks at it, and hands it to the one next him, and so it passes from hand to hand, not a word being spoken by any of them; the eldest boy then asks the price in order to make a bargain,... | |
 | William A. Campbell - 1890 - 514 Seiten
...he places it in the hands of the eldest of the boys, who is, as it were, the chief of the hand. He looks at it, and hands it to the one next him, and so it passes from hand to hand, not a word being spoken by any of them ; the eldest boy then asks the price in order to make a bargain,... | |
 | John Bernard Mannix - 1913 - 462 Seiten
...he places it in the hands of the eldest of the boys, who is, as it were, the chief of the band. He looks at it, and hands it to the one next him, and so it passes from hand to hand until it return to the first, not a word being spoken by any of them ; the eldest boy then asks the... | |
 | John Bernard Mannix - 1913 - 470 Seiten
...he places it in the hands of the eldest of the boys, who is, as it were, the chief of the band. He looks at it, and hands it to the one next him, and so it passes from hand to hand until it return to the first, not a word being spoken by any of them ; the eldest boy then asks the... | |
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... as many as six hundred gold pagodas. There they sit and wait until some one comes to sell them diamonds, it may be from the vicinity, or from some other mine. When anyone comes with something for them he places it in the hands of the eldest of the... 