British Guiana: The Land of Six PeoplesH.M. Stationery Office, 1957 - Broj stranica: 235 |
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... Indian waiter would appear to ' take an order ' . I learnt in time that the most efficient way to attract a waiter's attention was with a handclap , but until the end of my stay I would poise my hands for the clap and then relax and ...
... Indian waiter would appear to ' take an order ' . I learnt in time that the most efficient way to attract a waiter's attention was with a handclap , but until the end of my stay I would poise my hands for the clap and then relax and ...
Stranica 11
... Indians introduced a new element , and in the country 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 ...
... Indians introduced a new element , and in the country 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 ...
Stranica 15
... Indian . although the East Indians form 45 per cent of the total population , and Africans 36 per cent . The streets and offices of Georgetown would make one suppose that the Colony was African with a very small minority of Indians ...
... Indian . although the East Indians form 45 per cent of the total population , and Africans 36 per cent . The streets and offices of Georgetown would make one suppose that the Colony was African with a very small minority of Indians ...
Stranica 17
... young presumably gave rise to the mermaid story , but the broad and shapeless body , some eight 1 ' Manati ' is the Carib Indian word for breast . or nine feet long , must always have been unmistakably 2 17 OVER GUIANA , CLOUDS.
... young presumably gave rise to the mermaid story , but the broad and shapeless body , some eight 1 ' Manati ' is the Carib Indian word for breast . or nine feet long , must always have been unmistakably 2 17 OVER GUIANA , CLOUDS.
Stranica 18
... Indian landlords who , having no wish to lose their properties and their rents , thwart the attempts to clear the slums . Some of the people of Albouystown will even- tually move to the new Government town of Campbellville , where small ...
... Indian landlords who , having no wish to lose their properties and their rents , thwart the attempts to clear the slums . Some of the people of Albouystown will even- tually move to the new Government town of Campbellville , where small ...
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