 | English literature - 1808 - 1016 pages
...the foot of the diver. The diver wears no clothes, except a slip of calico about his loins : swimming in the water, he takes hold of the rope, and puts...supporting himself by the motion of one arm. Then » basket, formed of a wooden hoop, and net-work, surrounded by a rope, » thrown into the water to... | |
 | James Cordiner - Malabar - 1807 - 384 pages
...the foot of the diver. The diver wears no clothes, except a slip of calico about his loins ; swimming in the water, he takes hold of the rope, and puts...Then a basket, formed of a wooden hoop and net-work, suspended by a rope, is thrown into the water to him, and into it he places his other foot. Both the... | |
 | James Cordiner - Cingalese - 1807 - 388 pages
...the foot of the diver. The diver wears no clothes, except a slip of calico about his loins; swimming in the water, he takes hold of the rope, and puts...Then a basket, formed of a wooden hoop and net-work, suspended by a rope, is thrown into the water to him, and into it he places his other foot. Both the... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1808 - 646 pages
...the foot of the diver. The diver wears no cloaths, except a slip of calico about; his loins; swimming in the water, he takes hold of the rope, and puts one foot into the loop ou the top of the stoue, He remains in this perpendicular position for a little time, supporting himself... | |
 | 1833 - 814 pages
...foot of the diver. The diver wears no clothes, except a slip of calico round his loins, — swimming in the water, he takes hold of the rope, and puts...stirrup, on the top of the stone. He remains in this upright position for a little while, supporting himself by the motion of one arm. Then a basket, formed... | |
 | Periodicals - 1833 - 270 pages
...the loop or stirrup, on the top of the stone. He remains in this upright position for a little while, supporting himself by the motion of one arm. Then a basket, formed of a wooden hoop and net-work, suspended by a rope, is thrown into the water to him, and in it he places his other foot. Both the... | |
 | 1836 - 496 pages
...foot of the diver. The diver wears no clothes, except a slip of calico round his loins, — swimming in the water, he takes hold of the rope, and puts...stirrup, on the top of the stone. He remains in this uptight position for a little while, supporting himself by the motion of one arm. Then a basket, formed... | |
 | Mollusks - 1837 - 168 pages
...foot of the diver. The diver wears no clothes, except a slip of calico round his loins,—swimming in the water, he takes hold of the rope, and puts...into the loop or stirrup, on the top of the stone. basket, formed of a wooden hoop and net-work, suspended by a rope, is thrown into the water to him,... | |
 | 1843 - 488 pages
...foot of the diver. The diver wears no clothes, except a slip of calico round his loins, — swimming in the water, he takes hold of the rope, and puts...stirrup, on the top of the stone. He remains in this upright position for a little while, supporting himseli by the motion of one arm. Then a basket, formed... | |
 | Voyages and travels - 1845 - 376 pages
...the foot of the diver. The diver wears no clothes, except a slip of calico about his loins ; swimming in the water he takes hold of the rope, and puts one...or stirrup on the top of the stone. He remains in the perpendicular position for a little time, supporting himself by the motion of one arm. Then a hasket,... | |
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The rope passes through a hole in the top of the stone, above which a strong loop is formed resembling a stirrup-iron, to receive the foot of the diver. The diver wears no clothes, except a slip of calico about his loins; swimming in the water, he takes... 
