Thinking black; 22 years without a break in the long grass of Central ...

"With joyful enthusiasm they [the Britons]
applauded this speech [of Galgacus], in their
barbarian fashion, with songs and murmurs, and
discordant exclamations." Tacitus.
" Most of the inland inhabitants [of Britain] do not
sow corn, but live on milk and flesh, and are clad in
skins. All the Britons, indeed, dye themselves with
woad, which gives a bluish colour, and thus they are
more alarming to look upon in battle. They wear
their hair long, and have every part of their body
shaved except their head and upper lip."
C^sar.
"A group of ten and even twelve have wives in
common, and particularly brothers among brothers,
and parents among their children, but if there be
any issue by these wives, they are reputed to be the
children of those to whose house each respectively
was first brought as a bride."
C^sar.
"Some people . . . maybe Rooshans, and others
may be Prooshans; they are born so, and will
please themselves. Them which is of other naturs
thinks different." {Mrs. Gamp.) Dickens.
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