 | 1784 - 506 trang
...circle, compofcd by the numerous fpeCtatbrs, the area of which was to be the fcene of the exhibitions. Four or five of this band, had pieces of large bamboo, from three to five or fix feet long, each managed by one man, who held it nearly in a vertical pofmon, the upper end open, but the oi!><... | |
 | 1785 - 620 trang
...confining of eighteen, feated themfelves in the center of the circle compofed by the numerous fpectators. Four or five of this band had pieces of large bamboo from three to five or fix feet long, which they held nearly in a vertical pofuion ; the upper end was open, but the lower was clofed by... | |
 | 1790 - 640 trang
...compofed by the numerous fpectators,the area of which was to be the fcene of the exhibitions. Four or frve of this band had pieces of large bamboo, from three to five or fix feet long, each managed by one man, who held it nearly in a vertical pofition, the upper end open, but the other... | |
 | John Pinkerton - 1812 - 1030 trang
...no fooner ended than a fucceffion of dances began. As a prelude to them, a band of mufic, or chorus of eighteen men, feated themfelves before us, in the...With this clofe end, the performers kept conftantly ilriking the ground, though flowly, thus pro. 4 Q 2 ducing ducing different notes, according to the... | |
 | General history - 1814 - 798 trang
...circle, composed by the numerous spectators, the area of which was to be the scene of the exhibitions. Four or five of this band had pieces of large bamboo, from three to five or six feet long, each managed by one man, who held it nearly in a vertical position, the upper end open,... | |
 | William Mariner - 1817 - 632 trang
...composed by the numerous spectators, " the area of which was to be the scene of the " exhibitions. Four or five of this band had " pieces of large bamboo, from three to five or "" six feet long, each managed by one man, who " held it nearly in a vertical position, the upper "... | |
 | William Mariner - 1817 - 660 trang
...composed by the numerous spectators, " the area of which was to be the scene of the *' exhibitions. Four or five of this band had " pieces of large bamboo, from three to five or " six feet long, each managed by one man, who " held it nearly in a vertical position, the upper "... | |
 | James Cook - 1821 - 488 trang
...circle, composed by the numerous spectators, the area of which was to be the scene of the exhibitions. Four or five of this band, had pieces of large bamboo, from three to five or six feet long, each managed by one man, who held it nearly in a . vertical position, the upper end... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1824 - 532 trang
...circle, composed by the numerous spectators, the area of which was to be the scene of the exhibitions. Four or five of this band had pieces of large bamboo, from three to five or six feet long, each managed by one man, who held it nearly in a vertical position, the upper end open,... | |
 | James Cook - 1842 - 644 trang
...circle composed by the numerous spectators, the area of which was to be the scene of the exhibitions. Four or five of this band had pieces of large bamboo, from three to five or six feet long, each managed by one man, who held it nearly in a vertical position, the upper end open,... | |
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... of the exhibitions. Four or five of this band had pieces of large bamboo, from three to five or six feet long, each managed by one man, who held it nearly in a vertical position, the upper end open, but the other end closed by one of the joints. 
