 | James Wallace - Orkney (Scotland) - 1883 - 304 pages
...Fish Skins, are so contrived that he can never sink, but is like a Sea-gull swimming on the top of C These Finnmen seem to be some of these people that...does but to ease nature, or when he comes ashore. (2d ed.) * Afterwards presented to the University Museum, now incorporated with the Museum of Science... | |
 | John R. Tudor - Botany - 1883 - 780 pages
...never sink, but is like a Sea-gull swimming on the top of the Water. His shirt he has is so fastened to the Boat, that no Water can come into his Boat to do him damage, except when he pleases to unty it, which he never does but to ease nature, or when he comes ashore. A full account of these Finn-Men... | |
 | George Laurence Gomme - Archaeology - 1890 - 562 pages
...Fish Skins, are so contrived that he can never sink, but is like a Sea-gull swimming on the top of the waiter. His shirt he has is so fastned to the...do him damage, except when he pleases to untye it There is, it will be seen, some difference of opinion as to the place whence these Finn-men came. The... | |
 | David MacRitchie - Ethnology - 1890 - 250 pages
...like a sea-gull swimming on the top of the water." And he continues : "His shirt he has is so fastened to the boat that no water can come into his boat to do him damage, except when he pleases to untie it." Dr. Rink, in referring to the kayaks of those " Finn-men " who inhabit the regions surrounding... | |
 | David MacRitchie - Ethnology - 1890 - 250 pages
...a sea-gull swimming on the top of the water." And he continues : " His shirt he has is so fastened to the boat that no water can come into his boat to do him damage, except when he pleases to untie it." Dr. Rink, in referring to the kayaks of those " Finn-men " who inhabit the regions surrounding... | |
 | Society of Antiquaries of Scotland - Archaeology - 1912 - 564 pages
...skins are so contrived that he can never sink but is like a sea-gull swimming on the top of the water. His shirt he has is so fastned to the boat that no...does but to ease nature or when he comes ashore." l In this description Wallace junior absolutely identifies the Orkney Finnmen with the Davis Straits... | |
 | Anthropology - 1913 - 838 pages
...he can never sink, but is like a Sea-gull swimming on top of the water. His shirt he has so fastened to the boat that no water can come into his boat to...never does but to ease nature or when he comes ashore. Alexander von Humboldt, referring to the appearance of strange men in boatloads among the Azores, says:... | |
 | Christian F. Feest - History - 1999 - 658 pages
...never sink, but is like a Sea-gull, swimming on the top of the Water. His shirt he has so fastened to the Boat, that no Water can come into his Boat...does but to ease nature or when he comes ashore." Dr. Wallace also remarked that: "There is another of their Boats in the Church of Burra in Orkney"... | |
 | Jack D. Forbes - History - 2007 - 270 pages
...never sink but it is like a sea-gull swimming on top of the water. His shirt he has is so fastened to the boat that no water can come into his boat to do him damage, except when he pleases to untie it, which he never does but to ease nature or when he comes ashore." 41 The use of the phrase... | |
 | Anthropology - 1913 - 834 pages
...he can never sink, but is like a Sea-gull swimming on top of the water. His shirt he has so fastened to the boat that no water can come into his boat to...never does but to ease nature or when he comes ashore. Alexander von Humboldt, referring to the appearance of strange men in boatloads among the Azores, says:... | |
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... at sea, how to make their way home again ; they have this advantage, that be the Seas never so boisterous, their boats being made of Fish Skins, are so contrived that he can never sink, but is like a Sea-gull swimming on the top of... 