 ... lived on coarse brown bread and sour wine. They were temperate in diet, and regular and constant in exercise. The Spanish peasant works every day and dances half the night, yet eats only his black bread, onion, and watermelon. The Smyrna porter eats...  The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal - Page 1191888Full view - About this book
 | 1888 - 364 pages
...temperate in diet and regular in exercise. The Spanish peasant works all day and dances half the night, and yet eats only his black bread, onion and watermelon....Smyrna porter eats only a little fruit and some olives, and yet he walks off with his load of one hundred pounds. The coolie fed on rice is more active and... | |
 | 1889 - 1202 pages
...wonderful roads, and carried a weight of armor and luggage that would crush the average farm hand, lived on coarse brown bread and sour wine. They were...half the night, yet eats only his black bread, onion rnd watermelon- The Smyrna porter eats . only a little fruit and some olives, yet he walks off with... | |
 | Kansas State Board of Health - 1891 - 288 pages
...hand, lived on coarse brown bread and sour wine. They were temperate in diet, and regular and constant in exercise. The Spanish peasant works every day and...watermelon. The Smyrna porter eats only a little fruit, and sometimes olives, yet he walks off with his load of a hundred pounds The coolie, fed on rice, is more... | |
 | 1892 - 548 pages
...average farm-hand, lived on coarse brown bread. They were temperate In diet, and regular and constant in exercise. The Spanish peasant works every day,...dances half the night, yet eats only his black bread, onions, and water-melon. The Smyrna porter eats only a little fruits, such as limes, yet he walks off... | |
 | 1902 - 590 pages
...farm-hand, lived on coarse brown bread and sour wine. They were temperate in diet and regular and constant In exercise. The Spanish peasant works every day and...watermelon. The Smyrna porter eats only a little fruit and sour olives, yet he walks off with his load of one hundred pounds. The coolie, fed on rice, is more... | |
 | 1903 - 706 pages
...farm-hand, lived on coarse brown bread and sour wine. They were temperate in diet and regular and constant in exercise. The Spanish peasant works every day and...watermelon. The Smyrna porter eats only a little fruit and sour olives, yet he walks off with his load of one hundred pounds. The coolie, fed on rice, is more... | |
 | Eustace Miles - 1904 - 642 pages
...farm-hand, lived on coarse brown bread and sour wine. They were temperate in diet and regular and constant in exercise. The Spanish peasant works every day and dances half the night, yet he eats only his black bread, onion and water-melon. The Smyrna porter eats only a little fruit and... | |
 | 1889 - 420 pages
...hand, lived on coarse brown bread and sour wine. They were temperate in diet, and regular and constant in exercise. The Spanish peasant works every day and...and some olives, yet he walks off with his load of a thousand pounds. The coolie, fed on rice, is more active and can endure more than the negro fed on... | |
 | 1886 - 722 pages
...on coarse brown bread and sour wine. They were temperate in diet, regular and constant in ezercise. The Spanish peasant works every day and dances half...Smyrna porter eats only a little fruit and some olives; he eats no beef, pork, or mutton, yet he walks off with his 800 pounds. The coolie, fed on rice, is... | |
 | 1890 - 1368 pages
...hand, lived on coarse brown bread and sour wine. They were temperate in diet, and regular and constant in exercise. The Spanish peasant works every day and...watermelon. The Smyrna porter eats only a little fruit, and sometimes olives, yet he walks off with his load of a hundred pounds. The Coolie, fed on rice, is more... | |
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