 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...  Through Unknown African Countries: The First Expedition from Somaliland to ... - Page 120de Arthur Donaldson Smith, Eugène Simon, Reginald Innes Pocock, William Jacob Holland, John Walter Gregory, George Charles Crick, Stewart Culin, Karl Jordan - 1897 - 471 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 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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