 | Elizabeth Missing Sewell - 1862 - 504 Seiten
...are of willow, are cut in the country of the Armenians, above Assyria, and on these, which serve for hulls, a covering of skins is stretched outside, and...shield. They are then entirely filled with straw, and the cargo is put on board, after which they are suffered to float down the stream. They are managed... | |
 | Elizabeth Missing Sewell - 1870 - 552 Seiten
...are of willow, are cut in the country of the Armenians, above Assyria, and on these, which serve for hulls, a covering of skins is stretched outside, and...shield. They are then entirely filled with straw, and the cargo is put on board, after which they are suffered to float down the stream. They are managed... | |
 | Herodotus - 1875 - 754 Seiten
...are of willow, are cut in the country of the Armenians above Assyria, and on these, which serve for hulls, a covering of skins is stretched outside, and...freight is wine, stored in casks made of the wood of the palm-tree.2 They are managed by two men who stand upright in them, each plying an oar, one pulling... | |
 | Royal Institution of Naval Architects - 1876 - 444 Seiten
...are " of willow, are cut in the country of the Armenians, above Assyria, and on these which serve for hulls, a " covering of skins is stretched outside,...suffered to float down the stream. Their chief freight ia wine, stored in casks made of the wood of the " palm tree. They are managed by two men, who stand... | |
 | Edward Henry Knight - 1876 - 1004 Seiten
...arc of willow, are cut in the country of the Armenians, above Assyria, and on these, which serve for hulls, a covering of skins is stretched outside, and...either stem or stern, quite round like a shield." — HEKODOTUS, I. 193. The modern boats of the Euphrates are of closely woven willow payed with bitumen.... | |
 | Albany Institute - 1876 - 330 Seiten
...are of willow are cut in the country of the Armenians, above Assyria, and on these, which serve for hulls, a covering of skins is stretched outside, and thus the boats are made without stem or stern, quite round like a shield." This form, which seems to have existed even in pre-historic... | |
 | John Wood Warter - 1886 - 416 Seiten
...are of willow, are cut in the country of the Armenians, above Assyria, and on these, which serve for hulls, a covering of skins is stretched outside :...freight is wine stored in casks made of the wood of the palm tree. They are managed by two men, who stand upright in them, each plying an oar, one pulling... | |
 | Hormuzd Rassam, Robert William Rogers - 1897 - 508 Seiten
...are of willows, are cut in the country of the Armenians above A&syria, and on these, which serve for hulls, a covering of skins is stretched outside, and thus the boats are made, without either stern or stem, quite round like a shield. They are then entirely filled with straw, and their cargo... | |
 | Hutton Webster - 1913 - 296 Seiten
...in the country of the Armenians above Assyria. A covering of skins is stretched outside the frames, and thus the boats are made, without either stem or...freight is wine, stored in casks made of the wood of the palm-tree. They are managed by two men who stand upright in them, 1 Very probably an exaggerated statement.... | |
 | Hutton Webster, Ph.d - 1913 - 316 Seiten
...in the country of the Armenians above Assyria. A covering of skins is stretched outside the frames, and thus the boats are made, without either stem or...freight is wine, stored in casks made of the wood of the palm-tree. They are managed by two men who stand upright in them, 1 Very probably an exaggerated statement.... | |
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The boats which come down the river to Babylon are circular, and made of skins. The frames, which are of willow, are cut in the country of the Armenians above Assyria, and on these, which serve for hulls, a covering of skins is stretched outside, and... 
