 | Madison Grant - 1922 - 576 Seiten
...«1 1cwrcs xsc. rtts s rat VT • it r 1s. »-xrr.r at rm--t«. crvjr flat a: rat *r^sse rr rut iy * rope into the water and then to wait a very short time, when he draws it up quite full of them. The fish are of two kinds, which they call the paprax and the tilon."... | |
 | William Radcliffe - 1921 - 546 Seiten
...beasts on fish, which abound in the lake in such a degree that a man has only to open his trap door, and let down a basket by a rope into the water, and then wait a very short time, when he draws it up quite full of fish."i Confirming and illustrating Herodotus's... | |
 | Harris Hawthorne Wilder - 1923 - 526 Seiten
...string, to save them from rolling into the water. They feed their horses and their other beasts on fish, which abound in the lake to such a degree that...to let down a basket by a rope into the water, and there to wait a very short time, when up he draws it quite full of them." 17. Crannogs. — A form... | |
 | Herodotus - 1996 - 772 Seiten
...lake, which are approached from the land by a single narrow bridge.18 At the first the piles which bear up the platforms were fixed in their places by the...the water, and then to wait a very short time, when he draws it up quite full of them. The fish are of two kinds, which they call the paprax and the tilon.... | |
 | 1877 - 590 Seiten
...their horses and their other beasts upon nah, which abound in the lake to such a degree, that a man bas only to open his trapdoor, and to let down a basket by a rope into the water, and then to wait a тегу short time, when up he draws it quite full of them." This narra* tive of "the father of history,"... | |
 | Carole Cable - 1984 - 298 Seiten
...beasts upon fish, which abound in the lake to such a degree that a man has only to open his trap door and to let down a basket by a rope into the water, and then to wait a very short time, when he draws it up quite full of them. This account, formerly regarded as fanciful, has been proved correct... | |
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Now the men have all many wives apiece; and this is the way in which they live. Each has his own hut, wherein he dwells, upon one of the platforms, and each has also a trapdoor giving access to the lake beneath; and their wont is to tie their baby children... 
