Tangweera Life And Adventures Among Gentle Savages (Books), Rotorua in Rotorua, Bay of Plenty for sale

Owner's address at top right hand corner of preface page. 1/8"loss of cloth at corners of boards. Front gutter split. ; xi, [1], 318 pages + plates + advertisements. Brown papered boards. Page dimensions: 224mm x 140mm. List Of Illustrations: Upper Settlement, Toongla River; The Author's Home At Blewfields; Savalo Creek, Greytown River; Sookoo, Chief Of Quamwatla; Twaka House At Accawass Maya; Toongla River From Piakos Maya; Wakna Creek; George Augustus Frederick, King Of Mosquito."Another visitor we had which disturbed the superstitious Indians very much. This was a large goatsucker, which for many mornings just at daybreak came and perched on the stump of a tree close to the hut. The Indians did not like it at all, saying it was an'oolussa yoola,'or spirits'tame pet.'Yoola'means any animal kept as a companion or pet. They persistently flung stones and sticks at it, but with its soft, noiseless flight it evaded them easily, and always returned to the same perch."- from the chapter Owls And Goatsuckers. ; 8vo
Author
C. Napier Bell
Title
Tangweera Life And Adventures Among Gentle Savages
Publisher name
Edward Arnold, London
Shipping time
2 - 5 days
Publication year
1899
Edition
First edition
Binding type
Hard cover
Listing condition
Used
Item condition
Good
Vendor name
Renaissance Books
Vendor rating
Abebof326d