| William Mariner, John Martin - 1817 - 540 sider
...supported upon the shoulders of four men, and carried in a procession of priests, chiefs, and matabooless clothed in mats, with wreaths of green leaves round...prayed aloud to the god that he would be pleased to accept of this sacrifice as an atonement for the heinous sacrilege committed, and that punishment might... | |
| Constable and co, ltd - 1827 - 722 sider
...end, and the guiltless and unsuspecting victim was quickly relieved of its painful struggles. JThe body was then placed upon a sort of hand-barrow, supported...which it was placed on the ground, all the company sit* ting behind it, except one priest, who sat beside it, and prayed aloud to the god that he would... | |
| Peter Dillon - 1829 - 474 sider
...then tightened the cord by pulling at each end, and the guiltless and unsuspecting victim was soon relieved of its painful struggles. The body was then...prayed aloud to the god that he would be pleased to accept of this sacrifice as an atonement for the heinous sacrilege committed, and that punishment might... | |
| George French Angas - 1866 - 500 sider
...The body was then placed on a sort of hand-barrow, and carried in a procession of priests and chiefs, clothed in mats, with wreaths of green leaves round...manner it was conveyed to various houses consecrated to the gods, the priests praying aloud that punishment might be withheld from the people." The preparation... | |
| John George Wood - 1870 - 918 sider
...then tightened the cord by pulling at each end, and the guiltless and unsuspecting victim was soon relieved of its painful struggles. The body was then...prayed aloud to the god that he would be pleased to accept of this sacrifice as an atonement for the heinous sacrilege committed, and that punishment might... | |
| John George Wood - 1870 - 888 sider
...then tightened the cord by pulling at each end, and the guiltless and unsuspecting victim was soon relieved of its painful struggles. The body was then...procession of priests, chiefs, and Matabooles clothed in mate, with wreaths of green leava round their necks. " In this manner it was conveyed to various houses... | |
| James George Frazer - 1922 - 472 sider
...innocent victim were soon over. The little body was next placed upon a sort of hand-barrow, supported on the shoulders of four men, and carried in a procession of priests, chiefs, and matabooles, all clothed as suppliants in mats and with wreaths of green leaves round their necks. In this way it... | |
| 1878 - 1182 sider
...sacrilege. After the child had been strangled, the body was placed upon a sort of handbarrow, supported on the shoulders of four men, and carried in a procession...mats, with wreaths of green leaves round their necks. Again, when Finow went to perform the ceremony of Toogi at the grave of his father at Mafanga, the... | |
| Frazer - 1913 - 468 sider
...innocent victim were soon over. The little body was next placed upon a sort of hand-barrow, supported on the shoulders of four men, and carried in a procession of priests, chiefs, and matabooles, all clothed as suppliants in mats and with wreaths of green leaves round their necks. In this way it... | |
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