 But that which surprises me most in the land, after the city itself, I will now proceed to mention. The boats which come down the river to Babylon are circular, and made of skins. The frames, which are of willow, are cut in the country of the Armenians...  Transactions of the Albany Institute - Page 256by Albany Institute - 1876Full view - About this book
 | Herodotus - 1889 - 598 pages
...now proceed to mention. The boats \ which come down the river to Babylon are circular, and made of J skins. The frames, which are of willow, are cut in...stretched 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... | |
 | Hutton Webster, Ph.d - 1913 - 316 pages
...proceed to mention. The boats which come down the river to Babylon are circular, and made of skins. 2 The frames, which are of willow, are cut in the country of the Armenians above Assyria. A covering of skins is stretched outside the frames, and thus the boats are made, without either stem... | |
 | Hutton Webster - 1913 - 296 pages
...proceed to mention. The boats which come down the river to Babylon are circular, and made of skins. 2 The frames, which are of willow, are cut in the country of the Armenians above Assyria. A covering of skins is stretched outside the frames, and thus the boats are made, without either stem... | |
 | University of California, Berkeley. Anthropology Department - 1919 - 316 pages
...the land, after the city itself, I 'will now proceed to mention. The boats which come down the river to Babylon are circular, and made of skins. The frames,...stretched 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... | |
 | George Howe, Gustave Adolphus Harrer - 1924 - 672 pages
...the land, after the city itself, I will now proceed to mention. The boats which come down the river to Babylon are circular, and made of skins. The frames,...stretched 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... | |
 | Herodotus - 1996 - 772 pages
...the land, after the city itself, I will now proceed to mention. The boats which come down the river to Babylon are circular, and made of skins. The frames,...stretched outside, and thus the boats are made, without either stem or stern, quite round like a shield. They are then entirely ti lied with straw, and their... | |
 | Colin Chant - 1999 - 292 pages
...The boats which come down the river to Babylon are circular. and made of skins. The frames. which arc of willow. are cut in the country of the Armenians...stretched outside. and thus the boats are made. without either stem or stern. quite round like a shield. They arc then entirely filled with straw. and their... | |
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