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A751.01 Beagle Library: Burchell, William John. 1822-4. Travels in the interior of Southern Africa. 2 vols. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown. vol. 1. Text

by an ochraceous earth, consists only of a leathern kaross, which is of smaller dimensions than those customarily worn. Suspended from his neck, is a knife of African manufacture, such as are worn, in a similar manner, by all the tribes in the Interior. The horn of one of the smaller antelopes, hanging from the same place, serves the purpose of a snuff-box, or receptacle for powdered dakka, or hemp-leaves. Below the knee, a cord of acacia-bark was worn as an ornament. The sandals are such as

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A751.02 Beagle Library: Burchell, William John. 1822-4. Travels in the interior of Southern Africa. 2 vols. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown. vol. 2. Text

mentioned, to pay in tobacco, those who allowed me to draw their likeness; and as this man's sibb ta (snuff-bag) was not large enough to hold the quantity given to him, he tied the remainder up in a knot at the corner of his kobo. It was necessary to mention this circumstance, in order that the knot might not be viewed as the usual form of the cloak. For the same reason, it must be explained that the kobo is not always worn in front, as it is here represented: but in walking, it is a very common

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A751.02 Beagle Library: Burchell, William John. 1822-4. Travels in the interior of Southern Africa. 2 vols. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown. vol. 2. Text

, described. II. 306. dress II. 319. 412. grand hunting-parties. II. 320. mode of taking snuff. II. 321. timidity: cause of. II. 332. and Bushmen: their hostility towards each other. II. 341. the state of society among them II. 347, 348. one named Adam, brought up under the Boors II. 372. remarks on their names. II. 375. hospitality II. 382. manner of conducting themselves towards their Chief. II. 386. their importunate begging II. 387. ready in comprehending a drawing II. 391. mode of showing their

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A751.02 Beagle Library: Burchell, William John. 1822-4. Travels in the interior of Southern Africa. 2 vols. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown. vol. 2. Text

. the pale, or common variety. II. 192. the dangerous visit of one; and its roaring mistaken for an earthquake II. 206. -Den, a place so called. 491. Fountain 287. 289. Mountain, at Cape Town. 4, 5. 14. Head, a mountain at Cape Town. 3. 5. 16. 41. 43. 58. 100. one resembling it, near the Asbestos Mountains 342. the False 3. Rump Mountain 20. Liquor Ammoni : its effects as a remedy against the bite of a serpent 392. 541. Lis eka, or copper bracelet. II. 567, 568. Lishu na (snuff) II. 321. 407. 436

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A751.02 Beagle Library: Burchell, William John. 1822-4. Travels in the interior of Southern Africa. 2 vols. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown. vol. 2. Text

. 449. II. 90. 111. Shrike, (see also, Butcher-bird, and Fiscal-bird) 502. Sh mi, (ten) II. 559. Sibb ta, or Sibb ata, the Bachapin Snuff-bag II. 561. 576. Sib lo, or Sibiilo, a shining mineral powder much used by various South-African tribes for adorn-their hair and body 414. II. 256. 318. 362. 392. 412. 484. 494. Sichu na language: its extent and utility II. 303. 548. mode of reducing it to a written form. II. 293 295. its orthography VOL. II. 4 N [page] 64

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A751.02 Beagle Library: Burchell, William John. 1822-4. Travels in the interior of Southern Africa. 2 vols. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown. vol. 2. Text

. 369. II. 235. perpetual; a remark respecting the probable cause of it. 497. Mountains: Proper; or Sn euwberg II. 123 133. Snuff, (see also Lishu na) 164. II. 116. 321. 367. Snyman: G rrit; a veld-corn t of the R ggeveld 237. his ideas respecting the author and his travelling. 239. Soap, manufactured in the Cape Colony 419. II. 113. S ndak (or Z ndag, Sunday) a word adopted by the Bachap ns II. 426. S pje, or dram II. 287. Sorcery practised by the Bachap ns. II. 540. Sorrel: a climbing species of

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A558.1 Beagle Library: Hall, Basil. 1824. Extracts from a journal, written on the coasts of Chili, Peru, and Mexico, in the years 1820, 1821, 1822. 2 vols. Edinburgh: Constable. vol. 1. Text Image

ly proved his occupation to be gone. On the other hand, I recognized a strange little man, folded up in an old dingy Spanish cloak, with a broad brimmed yellow hat, hooked loosely on one corner of his small square head, and shadowing a face plastered all over with snuff, which, in the vehemence of his agitation, he flung at his nose in handfuls; but through this forbidding exterior it was easy to perceive, by the flash of his eye, and the sarcastic turn of his expression, a promise of

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A560 Beagle Library: Spix, Johann Baptist von and Martius, Carl Friedrich Philipp von. 1824. Travels in Brazil, in the years 1817-1820. 2 vols. [Two volumes in one] London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green. Text

(pulex penetrans), which are concealed in numbers in the sand, penetrate under the nails of the hands and feet, and, by producing a blister filled with little eggs, cause the most painful sensations, which, if the sympathetic swelling of the inguinal glands is neglected, are often followed by mortification. The blister, as soon as it gives pain, must be carefully removed, and snuff rubbed into the wound. Besides these, the inhabitant often has other enemies in his house; the white-bellied ant

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A560 Beagle Library: Spix, Johann Baptist von and Martius, Carl Friedrich Philipp von. 1824. Travels in Brazil, in the years 1817-1820. 2 vols. [Two volumes in one] London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green. Text

tobacco da marinha, is preferred to the more indifferent sorts of the mountain tobacco, which is called tobacco da serra acima. But the tobacco of the island of Saint Sesbasti o is preferred in the country to all others, and is likewise exported from the province as snuff. The mode of treating the leaves, which are gathered several times in the year, is very simple. After they have been dried in the air they are laid together in bundles, or twisted in large rolls, which are one of [page] 30

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A560 Beagle Library: Spix, Johann Baptist von and Martius, Carl Friedrich Philipp von. 1824. Travels in Brazil, in the years 1817-1820. 2 vols. [Two volumes in one] London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green. Text

necessaries for the new comers. The chief article of subsistence is mandiocca, or maize flour (Fuba), boiled in water (mingau); and, more rarely, salt meat from Rio Grande do Sul. The preparation of this simple food, which they eat out of hollow gourds, or dishes made of the calabash (Crescentia Cujete, L.), is left, as much as possible to themselves. Negroes and negresses who conduct themselves well, are rewarded with snuff or tobacco. They pass the night on straw mats with blankets to cover them. A

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A332.2 Beagle Library: Caldcleugh, Alexander. 1825. Travels in South America, during the years 1819 - 20 - 21: containing an account of the present state of Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Chile. 2 vols. London: John Murray. vol. 2. Text Image

are as kind and attentive to foreigners as the Spanish women every where show themselves. In their persons they are extremely cleanly, taking the cold bath several times a day, although occasionally take snuff. They get rid of the unpleasantness which attends the former operation by chewing paper. It is not unusual for them to smoke a little at the theatre, but they always choose small cigars, and placing their fan before them, retire to the back of the box. This custom may be thererfore

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A732.01 Beagle Library: Stevenson, William Bennet. 1825. A historical and descriptive narrative of twenty years' residence in South America: containing the travels in Arauco, Chile, Peru, and Colombia; with an account of the revolution, its rise, progress, and results. 3 vols. London: Hurst, Robinson & Co. Text

and preserve it, was told, that the experiment had been tried, but that the green lucern when dried became so parched and tasteless that the horses would not eat it, and that the principal stems of the full-grown or ripe lucern very often contain a snuff-like powder, which is very injurious to the animals, producing a kind of madness, and frequently killing them. Fat cattle brought to Lima are generally kept a few days on lucern before they are slaughtered; the farmers are therefore very

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A732.01 Beagle Library: Stevenson, William Bennet. 1825. A historical and descriptive narrative of twenty years' residence in South America: containing the travels in Arauco, Chile, Peru, and Colombia; with an account of the revolution, its rise, progress, and results. 3 vols. London: Hurst, Robinson & Co. Text

, per pound, and isold it again at two dollars; but such was the number of officers employed to prevent smuggling, collect the tobacco, and attend the estanco, that, on the whole, the revenue suffered very considerably, although the profit was so great. Snuff was not allowed to be manufactured in Peru; one kind called polvillo was brought from Seville, and rappee from the Havanna; but both were included in the royal monopoly. To secure the tax imposed on tobacco, no one could cultivate it without

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A732.02 Beagle Library: Stevenson, William Bennet. 1825. A historical and descriptive narrative of twenty years' residence in South America: containing the travels in Arauco, Chile, Peru, and Colombia; with an account of the revolution, its rise, progress, and results. 3 vols. London: Hurst, Robinson & Co. vol. 2. Text

a certain degree of licentious independence in their behaviour, and more robberies and murders are committed here than in any other part of South America: however, a stranger is generally treated with respect. When at Corongos, which is certainly the most disagreeable town I ever entered, I went to purchase some snuff the shopman was asleep, and I awoke him, at which he became so enraged, that he jumped from his chair and struck at me; I ran into the street, and the man followed me, swearing

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A732.02 Beagle Library: Stevenson, William Bennet. 1825. A historical and descriptive narrative of twenty years' residence in South America: containing the travels in Arauco, Chile, Peru, and Colombia; with an account of the revolution, its rise, progress, and results. 3 vols. London: Hurst, Robinson & Co. vol. 2. Text

pectedly relieved, I left my champion to settle matters as well as he could, and hastened to the house of the parish priest, cura, where I, as usual, had taken up my temporary residence. In a few minutes my friend, though entirely unknown to me, made his appearance, and inquired what quantity of snuff I wanted; on being informed, he immediately went to fetch it, and would not admit of any return for his kindness and trouble, except my thanks. During my stay at Corongos, the cura related to me

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A545.2 Book: Malthus, Thomas. 1826. An essay on the principle of population; or, a view of its past and present effects on human happiness; with an inquiry into our prospects respecting the future removal or mitigation of the evils which it occassions. London: John Murray. vol. 2. Text Image PDF

on the Poor-Laws. Nothing in nature can be more disgusting than a parish pay-table, attendant upon which, in the same objects of misery, are too often found combined, snuff, gin, rags, vermin, insolence, and abusive language; nor in nature can any thing be more beautiful than the mild complacency of benevolence hastening to the humble cottage to relieve the wants of industry and virtue, to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, and to soothe the sorrows of the widow with her tender orphans

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A559.2 Beagle Library: Miers, John. 1826. Travels in Chile and La Plata, including accounts respecting the geography, geology, statistics, government, finances, agriculture, manners and customs, and the mining operations in Chile. Collected during a residence of several years in these countries. 2 vols. London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy. vol. 2. Text Image PDF

cases, especially among the heads of office, actual money bribes are given, but I have known the ministers of state receive from British merchants a valuable watchchain and seals, a super b gold snuff-box; or I have known them make a pretended purchase of a piano forte valued at 1,200 dollars for 250, and even that turn has remained unpaid. Among the inferior officers of state I have seen acts of direct bribery; in cases of money bribes it is not unusual to send a tray of fruit covered with a white

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A559.2 Beagle Library: Miers, John. 1826. Travels in Chile and La Plata, including accounts respecting the geography, geology, statistics, government, finances, agriculture, manners and customs, and the mining operations in Chile. Collected during a residence of several years in these countries. 2 vols. London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy. vol. 2. Text Image PDF

the deceased out of purgatory: for, according to the general belief, no one can be admitted into heaven without this intercession of the priest, which can be obtained only through purchase; and frequently the poor peasant will pawn or sell every article he possesses in the world to procure for his relative the necessary salvation. Tobacco is an article of first rate necessity among the Chilenos: they neither take snuff nor chew the leaf, but every man, be he rich or poor, smokes: they use

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A761.05 Beagle Library: Cuvier, Georges. 1827-35. The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization. With additional descriptions of all the species hitherto named, and of many not before noticed, by Edward Griffith and others. 16 vols. London: Geo. B. Whittaker. vol. 5: Mammalia (5) Text

IX. 425. Third Micour , with a thick tail, d'Azara, Quad. du Paraguay. In the female specimen described by d'Azara, there were four mamm on one side, and but two on the other, which fact, in addition to other observations made by M. Desmarest, seems to have induced that naturalist to suspect that the teats in these animals are developed at the time only of suckling, and then only in number corresponding with the young. 487. 13. D. Lanigera (Woolly Opossum.) Fur woolly, snuff colour above

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A761.06 Beagle Library: Cuvier, Georges. 1827-35. The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization. With additional descriptions of all the species hitherto named, and of many not before noticed, by Edward Griffith and others. 16 vols. London: Geo. B. Whittaker. vol. 6: Aves (1). Text

sidcrable part of their face is denuded of feathers. There is but one species known which is of Cayenne as large as a crow and of the colour of Spanish snuff. Corvus Calvus Gmelin Vail. O. Amer. et Ind. t. 49. Corucina Gymnocephala Vieil. PI. Enl. t. 521. Fenngineous brown; forehead and nape bald or scarcely feathered; bill black. The CEPHALOPTERES Geoff on the contrary have the base of the beak furnished with inclining feathers which spreading at their upper parts produce a large panacle in

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A761.04 Beagle Library: Cuvier, Georges. 1827-35. The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization. With additional descriptions of all the species hitherto named, and of many not before noticed, by Edward Griffith and others. 16 vols. London: Geo. B. Whittaker. vol. 4: Mammalia (4) Text

hunches are reduced; their substance, re-absorbed, returns into the general circulation, and supports him to the end of the journey, or until he sinks under privations which no other animal, differently constituted, could have borne for half the period. The Camel sees and hears well, but of all his senses that of smell is the most acute; by this beneficent provision, when long deprived of water, he will snuff the air and discover its presence at the distance of more than two miles, and disregarding

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A761.14 Beagle Library: Cuvier, Georges. 1827-35. The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization. With additional descriptions of all the species hitherto named, and of many not before noticed, by Edward Griffith and others. 16 vols. London: Geo. B. Whittaker. vol. 14: Insecta (1). Text

this way the instincts connected with hunger, and the sexual passion, and some other particular facts, such as the laying of the eggs of the flesh-fly in the flowers of Stapelia hirsuta instead of in carrion, their proper nidus, and those of the common housefly in snuff instead of dung; for in these instances the smell seems so clearly the guide that it leads into error. But what connection between sensation and instinct do we see in the conduct of the working bees which fabricate some of the cells

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