 | 1817 - 678 페이지
...sense in placing a value on it ; but as it was, he saw none г if a man," he added, " has more yáin* than he wants, let him exchange some of them away for pork or gnatoo ; certainly money was much handier, and more convenient, but then as it would not spoil by being kept, people would store... | |
 | William Mariner, John Martin - 1817 - 540 페이지
...knives, axes, and chisels, there would be " some sense in placing a value on it ; but as it " was, he saw none : if a man," he added, " has more yams than he wants, let him ex" change some of them away for pork or " gnatoo ; certainly money w as much handier, " and more convenient,... | |
 | 1821 - 726 페이지
...knives axes, and chisels, there would be some sense in placing a value on it ; but as it was, he saw none. If a man,' he added, ' has more yams than he...of them away for pork or gnatoo ; certainly money was much handier, and more convenient, but then ?.s it would not spoil by being kept, people would... | |
 | 1821 - 720 페이지
...knives, axes, and chisels, there would be some sense in placing a value on it ; but as it was, he saw none. If a man,' he added, ' has more yams than he...wants, let him exchange some of them away for pork or gnatoe ; certainly money was much handier, and more convenient, but then M it would not spoil by being... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1827 - 722 페이지
...value ; and if every body considered it so, and would readily give their goods for it, he did not see but what it was of a sort of real value to all who...instead of sharing it out, as a chief ought to do, anil thus become selfish ; whereas, if provisions were the principal property of a man, and it ought... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1821 - 726 페이지
...tente in placing a value on it ; but as it wat, he •aw none. If a man,' he added, ' hat more yamt than he wants, let him exchange some of them away for pork or gnatoo ; certainly money was much handier, and more convenient, but then M it would not spoil by being kept, people would store... | |
 | Marshall David Sahlins - 1974 - 372 페이지
...ethic, attributed by Mariner to the chief Finau. Upon Mariner's explanation of the value of money: "Finow replied that the explanation did not satisfy...him exchange some of them away for pork or gnatoo [bark cloth]. Certainly money is much handier, and more convenient, but then, as it will not spoil... | |
 | Donald Denoon - 2004 - 544 페이지
...recorded his attempts to convince his chiefly captor Finau of the uses of money. Finau was unimpressed: 'If, said he, 'it were made of iron, and could be...more yams than he wants, let him exchange some of it away . . . Certainly money is much handier, and more convenient, but then, as it will not spoil... | |
 | Tim Fridtjof Flannery - 2000 - 404 페이지
...same way. Mr Mariner found he could not give a better explanation; he therefore told Filimóeátoo that his notion of the nature of money was a just...wants, let him exchange some of them away for pork orgnatoo.* Certainly money is much handier, and more convenient, Gnatoo: tapa, a bark cloth. but then,... | |
 | Michael Banton - 2004 - 290 페이지
...to the chief Finau upon Mariner's explanation of the value of money: 'Finow replied that the O 209 explanation did not satisfy him; he still thought...him exchange some of them away for pork or gnatoo [bark cloth]. Certainly money is much handier, and more convenient, but then, as it will not spoil... | |
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he added, " has more yams than he wants, let him exchange some of them away for pork or gnatoo. 