 | 1839 - 648 halaman
...dexterity in weeding the canefields and clearing aqueducts. For smoothing down the clods of earth, ire have seen some Indians use a more antiquated instrument....in the work of • cuspiando,' or field-levelling." Dr. Smith naturally bestows a good deal of notice in these volumes upon the diseases of the regions... | |
 | John Tillotson - 1869 - 442 halaman
...clods of earth, some Indians use a soft, flat, round atone, about the size of a small cheese, which has had a hole beaten through its centre by dint of blows...and pointed stone. To the stone thus perforated they fix a long handle, and as they swing it about they do great execution in the work of cuxpiando, or... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1870 - 1166 halaman
...clods of earth, some Indians use a soft, flat, round stone, about the size of a small cheese, which has had a hole beaten through its centre by dint of blows...and pointed stone. To the stone thus perforated they fix a long handle, and as they swing it about they do great execution in the work of cimliiando, or... | |
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Indians use a soft, flat, round stone, about the size of a small cheese, which has had a hole beaten through its centre by dint of blows with a harder and pointed stone. To the stone thus perforated they fix a long handle, and as they swing it about they... 