 | Edmund Burke - History - 1787 - 608 pages
...operation confifts in cutting off" only a fmall 'piece of the foreflcin, at the upper part ; \vhich, by that means, is rendered incapable, ever after,...covering the glans. This is all they aim at ; as they fay, the operation is pra<£tifed from a notion of cleanlinels. The drefs of both men and women is... | |
 | History - 1800 - 600 pages
...or rather fupercifed ; as the operation conflits in cutting off only a fmall piece of the foreikin, at the upper part ; which, by that means, is rendered incapable, ever after, of covering the glans. Т his is ajl they aim at ; as they fay, the operation is pracYifed from a notion ofcleanlinefs. The... | |
 | John Parkhurst - Aramaic language - 1807 - 890 pages
...Friendly Islands, lately discovered in the Pacific Ocean] are all circumcised, or rather supercised, as the operation consists in cutting off only a small...is rendered incapable, ever after, of covering the glaos. This is all they aim at ; as they say the operation is practised from a notion of cleanliness."... | |
 | James Cook - Oceania - 1821 - 488 pages
...mourning, which shall be mentioned in another place. The men are all circumcised, or rather supercised ; as the operation consists in cutting off only a small...and women is the same ; and consists of a piece of cloth or matting (but mostly the former), about two yards wide, and two and a half long ; at least... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 872 pages
...of distinction, are exempted from this custom. The men are all circumcised, or rather supercised, as the operation consists in cutting off only a small...cleanliness. The dress of both men and women is the same : aud consistí of a piece of cloth os matting (but mostly tbe fariner) about two yards wide and two... | |
 | Robert Kerr - Explorers - 1824 - 532 pages
...mourning, which shall be mentioned in another place. The men are all circumcised, or rather supercised ; as the operation consists in cutting off only a small...means, is rendered incapable ever after of covering the glam. This is all they aim at ; as they say, the operation is practised from a notion of cleanliness.... | |
 | Geography - 1825 - 778 pages
...palatable to Europeans. They are neither cleanly in their cooking nor in their manner of eating. ' The dress of both men and women is the same, and consists of a piece of cloth or matting (but mostly the former), about two yards wide and two and a half long ; at least so... | |
 | James Cook - Voyages and travels - 1842 - 644 pages
...mourning which shall be mentioned in another place. The men are all circumeised, or rather supercised, as the operation consists in cutting off only a small...and women is the same ; and consists of a piece of cloth or matting (but mostly the former), about two yards wide, and two and a half long; at least,... | |
 | David Laing Purves - Discoveries in geography - 1874 - 856 pages
...ing on themselves any of those bloody marks of mourning which shall be mentioned in another place. The dress of both men and women is the same, and consists of a piece of cloth or matting (but mostly the former), about two yards wide and two and a half long ; at least,... | |
 | James Cook - Australia - 1999 - 494 pages
...men, and some of the women, have it stained of a brown or purple colour, and a few of an orange cast. The dress of both men and women is the same, and consists of a piece of cloth or matting (but mostly the former) about two yards wide and two and a half long - at least so... | |
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The dress of both men and women is the same ; and consists of a piece of cloth or matting (but mostly the former), about two yards wide, and two and a half long; at least, so long as to go once and a half round the waist, to which it is confined by a... 