 | Jonathan Forbes - 1841 - 500 페이지
...seem the smallest room for improvement. " The superstition of the divers renders the sharkcharmers a necessary part of the establishment of the pearl...of those enchanters was present in the fleet. Two SHARK-CHARMERS. 253 of them are constantly employed. One goes out regularly in the head pilot's boat,... | |
 | 1845 - 376 페이지
...divers render the sharkcharmers a necessary part of the establishment of the pearl-fishery. All those impostors belong to one family ; and no person who...the bottom of the deep without knowing that one of these enchanters was present in the fleet. Two of them are constantly employed. One goes out regularly... | |
 | Charles Pridham - 1849 - 530 페이지
...the ultimate destruction of the oyster beds. The superstition of the divers renders the shark-charmer a necessary part of the establishment of the pearl...boat, the other performs certain ceremonies on shore, and consulting the auspices, assures the divers they may fearlessly follow their submarine occupation,... | |
 | Charles Pridham - 1849 - 512 페이지
...the divers renders the shark-charmer a necesCHAP. VJ MANNER OF DIVING — SHARK CHARMING. 413 sary part of the establishment of the pearl fishery. All...was present in the fleet. Two of them are constantly emploved. One goes out regularly in the head pilot's boat, the other performs certain ceremonies on... | |
 | Marco Polo - 1854 - 544 페이지
...time."—Descript. of Ceylon, p. 67. 3 " The superstition of the divers renders the shark-charmers a necessary part of the establishment of the pearl...deep without knowing that one of those enchanters only, they discontinue the effect of the charm in the evening; in order that dishonest persons who... | |
 | Marco Polo - 1854 - 586 페이지
...not mentioned in any other version. 3 " The superstition of the divers renders the shark-charmers s necessary part of the establishment of the pearl fishery....bottom of the deep without knowing that one of those enehanten only, they discontinue the effect <5f the charm in the evening ; in order that dishonest... | |
 | Marco Polo - 1854 - 548 페이지
...person who does not form a branch of it can aspire to that office. The natives have firm confidence m their power over the monsters of the sea; nor would...deep without knowing that one of those enchanters only, they discontinue the effect of the charm in the evening; in order that dishonest persons who... | |
 | Mary Howitt - 1855 - 180 페이지
...their perilous calling without the shark-charmer is present. "These charmers," says a traveller, "all belong to one family, and no person who does not form...the bottom of the deep without knowing that one of these enchanters was present. Two of them are constantly employed ; one goes out regularly in the head... | |
 | 1858 - 256 페이지
...the divers renders the sb.ark-charm.ers a necessary part of the establishment of the pearl-fishery. All these impostors belong to one family; and no person...deep without knowing that one of those enchanters were present in the fleet. Two of them are constantly employed. One goes out regularly in the head... | |
 | William Jones (F. S.) - 1871 - 488 페이지
...to son as hereditary. The divers have such confidence in their powers, or spells, that they will not descend to the bottom of the deep without. knowing that one of the enchanters is present in the expedition. Two of the " charmers " are constantly employed, one going... | |
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The superstition of the divers renders the shark-charmer a necessary part of the establishment of the pearl fishery. All these impostors belong to one family, and no person who does not form a branch of it can aspire to that office. The natives have firm... 