 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1856
...shoulder, and advancing in an oblique direction till it arrived at the part where it wished to place it. The long and large materials were always taken first...with one of the ends of each touching the wall, and their other ends projecting out mto the room. The area caused by the cross-brushes and the wall he... | |
 | Thomas Ragg - 1858
...endeavour to lay this, with other materials, in the mode employed by the heaver when in a state of nature. "The long and large materials were always taken first...and the wall, he would fill up with hand-brushes, rushbaskets, books, boots, sticks, cloths, dried turf, or any thing portable. As the work grew high,... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - 1859 - 604 pagina’s
...endeavour to lay this with other materials, in the mode employed by the Beaver when in a state of nature. " The long and large materials were always taken first...projecting out into the room. The area formed by the cross-brushes and the wall, he would fill up with hand-brushes, rush-baskets, books, boote, sticks,... | |
 | Andrew Wynter - 1860 - 535 pagina’s
...advancing in an oblique direction till it arrived at the part where it wished to place it. The long aud large materials were always taken first ; and two...with one of the ends of each touching the wall, and their other ends projecting out into the room. The area caused by the cross-brushes and the wall he... | |
 | 1863 - 199 pagina’s
...shoulder, and advancing in an oblique direction till it arrived at the point where it wished to place it. The long and large materials were always taken first,...other ends projecting out into the room. The area or place thus surrounded, he would fill up with brushes, baskets, books, boots, sticks, clothes, dry... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1863
...advancing with the load in an oblique direction, till it arrived at the point where it wished to place it. The long and large materials were always taken first,...each touching the wall, and the other ends projecting into the room. The area formed by the crossed brushes and the wall he would fill up with hand-brushes,... | |
 | 1864 - 282 pagina’s
...so that the load came over its shoulder, and carrying it to the point where it wished to place it. The long and large materials were always taken first,...and the other ends projecting out into the room. The space between the crossed brushes and the wall he would fill up with hand-brushes, rush-baskets, books,... | |
 | 1867
...brush or a wanning pan, grasping the handle with its teeth, so that the load came over its shoulder. The long and large materials were always taken first,...generally laid crosswise, with one of the ends of each brushing the wall, and the other ends projecting out into the room. The area, or place thus surrounded,... | |
 | Lewis Henry Morgan - 1868 - 314 pagina’s
...shoulder, and advancing in an oblique direction till it arrived at the point where it wished to place it. The long and large materials were always taken first,...projecting out into the room. The area formed by the crossed brushes and the wall he would fill up with hand-brushes, rush baskets, books, boots, sticks,... | |
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The long and large materials were always taken first, and two of the longest were generally laid crosswise, with one of the ends of each touching the wall, and the other ends projecting out into the room. 
