This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1856 edition. Excerpt: ... in the diggings. The celestials have an eye to business sometimes; for instance: "marked His Chickens.--A gentleman who lives on Rincon Point, complained of Ah Wow, a Chinaman, for stealing four of his chickens. The owner of the fowls had marked them, by tying a piece of red flannel to their legs. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1856 edition. Excerpt: ... in the diggings. The celestials have an eye to business sometimes; for instance: "marked His Chickens.--A gentleman who lives on Rincon Point, complained of Ah Wow, a Chinaman, for stealing four of his chickens. The owner of the fowls had marked them, by tying a piece of red flannel to their legs. John's witnesses swore that several of his hens were marked in the same manner, to designate which were the best laying hens." I went to see Dr. C--11--r's newlyinvented quartz-crusher and amalgamator; the crushing, or rather grinding process is very perfect. I took Count W--s to see the method of amalgamating; he does not approve of it; and as he has been in the Hungarian mines the most part of his life, his testimony is worth having. News from Nevada. Two lawyers quarrelled about a decision in court: one of them shot the other; the friends of the wounded party being unable to catch the shooter, who had fled, instantly adjourned to his office, where, finding his partner, they shockingly beat him instead, and called it an instalment of the debt due to the firm. A tragic accident occurred at S--11--gs ranche, a few nights since; a number of people were sleeping, as before described, in one long room, all armed as usual, but the room being full, another, who arrived, went above, to sleep in a loft. Something in the night alarmed them; every man jumped up, and in the hurry to seize revolvers and rifles, one of the latter was fired; the alarm subsided, and all parties again laid down. "When rising in the morning, many jokes were passed; but the host, looking for his pay, observed, "Where is the man in the loft?" and got on the ladder to see. He appeared to be asleep; but attempting to awaken him, he was found to be quite dead. On examination, it...
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Add this copy of The Letters and Journals of Robert Baillie, a.M. to cart. $450.00, good condition, Sold by Second Story Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rockville, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1842 by Printed for Robert Ogle.
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Three thick quartos; cxxii, 492 pp; xi, 516 pp; xii, 627 pp + errata page. Original publisher's purple cloth; spines faded brown; largely chipped and worn at spine ends and corners; spine volume three shows 1/3 torn detachment re-glued; hinges a bit tender; mild foxing to prelims; contents else very good throughout. [Faded gilt titles on chipped brown cloth]. 1203399. Rockville Non-Retail Listings.