British Guiana: The Land of Six PeoplesH.M. Stationery Office, 1957 - Broj stranica: 235 |
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Stranica 8
... or on bicycles , all more smartly dressed than the bedraggled peasants of the outlying districts . The car slowed down to negotiate a pot - hole and a young African in a spotless white shirt cried to his girl. 8 BRITISH GUIANA.
... or on bicycles , all more smartly dressed than the bedraggled peasants of the outlying districts . The car slowed down to negotiate a pot - hole and a young African in a spotless white shirt cried to his girl. 8 BRITISH GUIANA.
Stranica 11
... districts , where they predominate , you will hear a dialect quite different from that of George- town and ( without practice ) almost incomprehensible to the strange British ear . It is characterized by an abundance of vowel sounds . I ...
... districts , where they predominate , you will hear a dialect quite different from that of George- town and ( without practice ) almost incomprehensible to the strange British ear . It is characterized by an abundance of vowel sounds . I ...
Stranica 13
... District . His son , Vincent , joined the public service and for years travelled in the Interior in various capacities , surveying a road in the North - West District , mapping unknown territory and administering the law , as magistrate ...
... District . His son , Vincent , joined the public service and for years travelled in the Interior in various capacities , surveying a road in the North - West District , mapping unknown territory and administering the law , as magistrate ...
Stranica 15
... districts , working on the sugar estates , tending their paddy - fields and dreaming of the day when they will possess an acre and a cow . The African , with memories of slavery , has a subconscious antagonism to most forms of work ...
... districts , working on the sugar estates , tending their paddy - fields and dreaming of the day when they will possess an acre and a cow . The African , with memories of slavery , has a subconscious antagonism to most forms of work ...
Stranica 16
... District will be worked on a large scale during the next few years . There are great deposits of iron in the Berbice area , but they have not attracted exploitation , since they are con- sidered to be an uneconomic proposition . Near ...
... District will be worked on a large scale during the next few years . There are great deposits of iron in the Berbice area , but they have not attracted exploitation , since they are con- sidered to be an uneconomic proposition . Near ...
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