Identifier: sketcherstourrou00elwe (find matches)
Title: A sketcher's tour round the world
Year: 1854 (1850s)
Authors: Elwes, Robert Hullmandel & Walton
Subjects: Voyages around the world Voyages around the world
Publisher: London : Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, Successors to Henry Colburn
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
mouth of the pot. The piabasrushed to the place, and actually followed his hand intothe kettle after the meal; when he slipped the plate onthe top, came out of the water, and poured them out onthe sand. This to me was a new way of fishing. Thepiabas were soon replaced in the kettle, put over the fire,and by the time I was dressed, they were ready for mybreakfast. This being soon finished, I walked up to thevenda of my old friend Pacheco, to pay for the horses, &c.Several natives were idling about, and I was scrutinized allover, and asked all sorts of questions; while Felix, who wasnow the great man, amused them with describing all I haddone on the journey. Senhor Pachecos house was not very fragrant, as theeaves and some poles in front of it were garnished andfestooned with strips of beef, undergoing the process ofdrying, and they smelt as if in a state of incipient decay.Several hides also were pegged out on the ground to stretch,and the combined odour was anything but pleasant:
Text Appearing After Image:
'

Note About Images