10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WOODSKIN»
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woodskin in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
The Guiana Travels of Robert Schomburgk, 1835-1844: ...
Though the woodskin is so crank that the slightest motion, when once seated,
renders it liable to be upset, I have seen frequently three men in it besides their
baggage. The advantage is, they will go where a common Corial of the smallest ...
2
Reports on the Physical, Descriptive, and Economic Geology ...
After proceeding in this manner for some time the men on the creek discovered a
woodskin, and hailing us we got together and repaired it in about two hours. We
arranged the loads in this and the good woodskin, with myself and one man in ...
Charles Barrington Brown, James Gay Sawkins, 1875
3
Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature
I looked round slowly, and there was an Indian in a large woodskin, paddling
down the stream. I hailed him with a rather feeble croak. He paddled quickly
toward me, stared blankly at me and the pendant, blood-stained Comudi, and
said, ...
John Holmes Agnew, Henry T. Steele, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, 1896
4
The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society
coorials, and to abandon her, in which case I promised to pay him the full value of
the woodskin ; but his Indian obstinacy was not to be overcome; and thus was
incurred a very serious loss in the result of the expedition. The morning after our ...
Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), 1836
5
Mission Life; Or Home and Foreign Church Work
stood up and made a blow at him with his paddle ; but bow was a clumsy fellow,
and all the good he did was to make the little woodskin lurch till she dipped her
gunwale, and took the snake aboard. Down he came aft, with his head as high as
...
6
The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London
The men were divided among the corials, while the women and three of the boys
conducted their own craft, one being a small corial, the other a woodskin. The
Arawaaks and Accaways of the upper part of the river generally use woodskins in
...
7
The Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature
He could not speak English and I could not speak Macusi. But the language of
signs is universal, and, in a very short time, both I and the Comudi were stowed
away somehow in the woodskin beside the Indian. The serpent's huge carcase ...
John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, 1896
8
The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art
He could not speak English and I could not speak Macusi. But the lan— guage of
signs is universal, and, in a very short time, both I and the Comudi were stowed
away somehow in the woodskin beside the Indian. The serpent's huge carcase ...
9
Chapters from a Guianese Log-book: Or The Folk-lore and ...
Macona-ura set to work heartily to make a woodskin boat, for he was skilled in all
the handicraft of his people. Close to his mother's field he found a large purple-
heart tree (Copaifera ptibiflord), and cutting it down, took as much of the bark as ...
Charles Daniel Dance, 1881
10
Labba and Creek Water Stories from the Caribbean
He had already packed a blowpipe, poisoned darts, some poison-sapped lianas,
nets and ropes into his woodskin. 'There are many beautiful Macusi maidens
waiting in the benab. Choose one of them and forget the Patamona girl,' Koko ...
Deloris Craig, Zellynne D. Jennings, 2004
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WOODSKIN»
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WoodSkin – «кожа» из дерева
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WoodSkin aims to bridge the gap between virtual design and real …
WoodSkin is a sandwich of plywood triangular tiles with a textile mesh in between. The production process takes a composite nylon and polymer mesh and ... «Gizmag, Jun 13»
Design Firm Creates a Composite Wooden Material That Flexes …
WoodSkin is a fascinating new composite material created by the Milan design studio Mamma Fotogramma that looks like lovely patterned wood, but moves with ... «Wired, Apr 13»
International lanserar en korsning mellan träolja och fernissa
International Färg utökar sitt utbud av trävårdsprodukter genom att introducera Woodskin. Introduktionen av Woodskin medför att International stärker sitt redan ... «MyNewsdesk, Jan 12»
