 | Francis Fisher Browne - 1897 - 812 pages
...from the Abyssiniens, which Mr. Smith relates as follows : " A little boy not over three years old amused me very much by begging for a little leather...Africa is the wonderful rapidity with which children develope. Real childhood is unknown, although manhood is never reached. The little ones are thrown... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne - 1897 - 808 pages
...from the Abyssinians, which Mr. Smith relates as follows : " A little boy not over three years old amused me very much by begging for a little leather...Africa is the wonderful rapidity with which children develope. Real childhood is unknown, although manhood is never reached. The little ones are thrown... | |
 | Martha Tarbell - 1912 - 518 pages
...minding goats and sheep. One of the first things that strikes a stranger in Africa, said the traveler, is the wonderful rapidity with which children develop. Real childhood is unknown, although manhood is never reached. The little ones are thrown on their own resources at such an early period that they... | |
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Abyssiniens, which Mr. Smith relates as follows : " A little boy not over three years old amused me very much by begging for a little leather to make sandals for himself. On handing him a knife and some oryx hide, the youngster set to work like an old... 