 ... to be correct, and he would refer back to the first couple of sticks; and then his mind got hazy and confused, and wandered from one sheep to the other, and he broke off the transaction until two sticks were put into his hand, and one sheep driven...  The New England Farmer - Seite 3021855Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | James Greenwood - 1864 - 506 Seiten
...seemed to come out too pat to be correct, and he would refer back to the first couple of sticks and then his mind got hazy and confused, and wandered...given him and the second sheep driven away. When a Damara' s mind is bent upon number it is too much occupied to dwell upon quantity ; thus, a heifer... | |
 | James Greenwood - 1865 - 466 Seiten
...seemed to come out too pat to be correct, and he would refer back to the first couple of sticks and then his mind got hazy and confused, and wandered...driven away, and then the other two sticks given him end the second sheep driven away. When a Damara's mind is bent upon number it is too much occupied... | |
 | John George Wood - 1868 - 798 Seiten
...to come out too ' pat ' to be correct, and he would refer back to the first couple of sticks ; and then his mind got hazy and confused, and wandered...sticks given him, and the second sheep driven away. . WEAPONS. 345 " When a Damara's mind is tent upon number, it is too much occupied to dwell upon quantity... | |
 | John George Wood - 1868 - 802 Seiten
...'pat' to к correct, and he would refer back to the first couple of sticks: and then his mind got biy and confused, and wandered from one sheep to the other,...sticks given him, and the second sheep driven away. WEAPONS. 345 " When a Dainara's mind is bent upon number, it is too much occupied to dwell upon quantity... | |
 | 1871 - 442 Seiten
...seemed to come out too ' pat' to be correct, and he would refer back to the first couple of sticks; and then his mind got hazy and confused, and wandered...given him and the second sheep driven away. When a Dammara's mind is bent upon number, it is too much occupied to dwell upon quantity; thus, a heifer... | |
 | 1893 - 902 Seiten
...seemed to come out too ' pat ' to be correct, and he would refer back to the first couple of sticks; and then his mind got hazy and confused, and wandered...sticks given him, and the second sheep driven away. . . . " Once while I watched a Damara floundering hopelessly in a calculation on one side of me, I... | |
 | james r - 1873 - 520 Seiten
...seemed to come out too 'pat' to be correct, and he would refer back to the first couple of sticks ; and then his mind got hazy and confused, and wandered...sticks given him, and the second sheep driven away Once while I watched a Dammara floundering hopelessly in a calculation on one side of me, I observed... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1873 - 512 Seiten
...to come out too ' pat ' to bo correct, and he would refer back to the first couple of sticks ; and then his mind got hazy and confused, and wandered...sticks given him, and the second sheep driven away Once while I watched a Dammara floundering hopelessly in a calculation on one side of me, I observed... | |
 | 1873 - 698 Seiten
...pat" to be correct, and he would refer back to the first couple of sticks ; .and then his mind gat hazy and confused an'd wandered from one sheep to...sticks given him, and the second sheep driven away. Any one can see that the Dammara is as a little child learning to count. The small amount of arithmetic... | |
 | John Fiske - 1874 - 540 Seiten
...to come out too ' pat ' to be correct, and he would refer back to the first couple of sticks ; and then his mind got hazy and confused, and wandered...sticks given him, and the second sheep driven away. . . . Once while I watched a Dammara floundering hopelessly in a calculation on one side of me, I observed... | |
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