riems

May 12, 2008 at 5:39 pm ai dedent makz teh joek maiselv whut elz riems w/SILK duh jest uhn kidee joek fer fuhn, ohkai thxbai

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A good many of our spare blankets had to be used as saddle-cloths, that is to say under the baggage; ropes off our boxes, straps, raw-hide _riems_ that we had used in South Africa, and in fact every available string had to be used to tie it on, and the Bedouin even took the strings which they wear as fillets round their hair, to tie round the camels 'necks and noses to lead them.

Southern Arabia Mabel Bent

These trees were joined together by a rude platform made of logs of wood lashed down with _riems_ of hide.

Black Heart and White Heart Henry Rider Haggard 1890

"Praise to the Snake of my house!" said Sihamba, "they are safe, all four of them," and very quickly they untied the riems by which they had fastened the horses to the trees.

Swallow: a tale of the great trek Henry Rider Haggard 1890

In an instant the riems that bound the feet were cut through; in another he had cut the riems from the waist and neck: the riems dropped to the ground from the arms, and the man stood free.

Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland Olive Schreiner 1887

The riems had cut a little into his ankles; and a small flow of blood had made the ground below his feet dark.

Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland Olive Schreiner 1887

The riems were now secured to the hinder part to prevent its slipping down too rapidly in the steeper places.

Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

The whole of the party were next summoned to lay hold of the other ends of the riems, and the driver fixing himself on his box with his whip ready for action, Dos went ahead, and the waggon started.

Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

The ground was of clay, excessively slippery, and the party holding on to the riems and running alongside the waggon, found it no easy matter to keep their feet.

Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

They first examined the harness, to see that all was secure, they then fastened four riems of stout buffalo hide to the side of the waggon opposite to the precipice.

Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand William Henry Giles Kingston 1847