 | Herodotus - Greece - 1858 - 746 pages
...float down the stream. Their chief freight is wine, stored in casks made of the wood of the palmtree.8 They are managed by two men who stand upright in them,...the other pushing.* The boats are of various sizes, some come into contact with the fruit of the female |wliii or date-tree. To secure thin, tliu practice... | |
 | Herodotus - History, Ancient - 1859 - 594 pages
...palm or date-tree. To secure this, the practice of which Herodotus speaks is still observed. right in them, each plying an oar, one pulling and the other pushing.' The boats are of various sizes, some larger, some smaller ; the biggest reach as high as five thousand talents' burthen. Each vessel... | |
 | Elizabeth Missing Sewell - Assyria - 1862 - 504 pages
...with straw, and the cargo is put on board, after which they are suffered to float down the stream. They are managed by two men, who stand upright in...plying an oar, one pulling and the other pushing. Each vessel has a live ass on board — those of larger size have more than one. When they reach Babylon... | |
 | Herodotus - Greece - 1862 - 600 pages
...float down the stream. Their chief freight is wine, stored in casks made of the wood of the palm-tree.5 They are managed by two men who stand upright in them, each plying an oar, one pulling and the other pushing.6 The boats are of various sizes, some larger, some smaller ; the biggest reach as high as... | |
 | Elizabeth Missing Sewell - History, Ancient - 1870 - 552 pages
...with straw, and the cargo is put on board, after which they are suffered to float down the stream. They are managed by two men, who stand upright in...plying an oar, one pulling and the other pushing. Each vessel has a live ass on board — those of larger size have more than one. When they reach Babylon... | |
 | Herodotus - 1875 - 754 pages
...float down the stream. Their chief freight is wine, stored in casks made of the wood of the palm-tree.2 They are managed by two men who stand upright in them, each plying an oar, one pulling and the other pushing.8 The boats are of their descriptions of the march of Julian's army across Mesopotamia from... | |
 | John Wood Warter - Great Britain - 1886 - 416 pages
...cargo is put on board, after which they are suffered to float down the stream. Their chief freight is wine stored in casks made of the wood of the palm...them, each plying an oar, one pulling and the other paddling. The boats are of various sizes, some larger, some smaller : the biggest reach as high as... | |
 | Hormuzd Rassam, Robert William Rogers - History - 1897 - 508 pages
...down the stream. Their chief freight is wine,•(stored in casks made of the wood of the palm-tree. They are managed by two men. who stand upright in...plying an oar, one pulling and the other pushing." (Rawllnson's "Herodotus," Book I, chap. 194.) Boats of this style are represented on the Assyrian bas-reliefs.... | |
 | Hutton Webster - History, Ancient - 1913 - 296 pages
...1 Very probably an exaggerated statement. At present, the yield is only some thirty or forty-fold. each plying an oar, one pulling and the other pushing..... . Each vessel has a live ass on board; those of larger size have more than one. When they reach Babylon, the cargo is landed and offered for sale.... | |
 | Hutton Webster, Ph.d - 1913 - 316 pages
...1 Very probably an exaggerated statement. At present, the yield is only some thirty or forty-fold. each plying an oar, one pulling and the other pushing..... . Each vessel has a live ass on board; those of larger size have more than one. When they reach Babylon, the cargo is landed and offered for sale.... | |
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... outside, and thus the boats are made, without either stem or stern, quite round like a shield. They are then entirely filled with straw, and their cargo is put on board, after which they are suffered to float down the stream. Their chief freight is... 
