..."Half a pound of tobacco," replied Pencroft seriously, "and nothingwould have been wanting to complete my happiness... 
Jules Verne William Henry Giles Kingston 「Abandoned」
...She tried to pierce thedistance far away, beyond which lay the shores of France: that relentless andstern France which was exacting her pound of flesh, the blood-tax from thenoblest of her sons...
Baroness Orczy 「The Scarlet Pimpernel」
...Take it out of that pound and I’ll come back for thechange...
John Buchan 「Mr. Standfast」
...It was impregnable; for no artillery heavy enough to pound the mountain into pieces could ever be dragged within range...
Talbot Mundy 「King--of the Khyber Rifles」
...I saw even on the banks of the Quango as much as sixpence paid for a pound...
David Livingstone 「Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa」
...On arriving at the washing-place, he made a present to the chief of the value of about a pound sterling...
David Livingstone 「Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa」
...at Senna, 1 Pound at Tete, and 2 Pounds beyond the tribes in the vicinity of Tete; these are a good price for a penful of gold-dust of the value of 2 Pounds...
David Livingstone 「Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa」
...This Tyrolese Count knowsthe value of a pound as distinctly as if he hung out in Capel Courtor Kimberley...
Grant Allen 「An African Millionaire」
...The poor fellow had to return to his friends with the total loss of personal appearance and half a pound of butter...
Samuel White Baker 「In the Heart of Africa」
...I had plenty of fat, and I made four balls of about half a pound, each of which would burn for three hours...
Samuel White Baker 「In the Heart of Africa」
...The principal articles of merchandise aretobacco, kameemas
, beads of all colours fornecklaces, and cowries, which are bought at Fasby the pound...
Abd Salam Shabeeny 「An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa」
...During the French émigration, the district of Banza Nokki drove slaves to the value of 60,000 dollars per annum, and the dollar is to the African the pound sterling of Europe...
Richard F. Burton 「Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2」
... In the ivory trade, small teeth (comprising all that weigh less than twenty pounds) are considered to be worth but half the price, per pound, that is paid for large teeth...
Horatio Bridge 「Journal of an African Cruiser」
...From fifty cents to a dollar is the ordinary value of a pound of ivory...
Horatio Bridge 「Journal of an African Cruiser」
...Sometimes they make an appeal to your social affections; "Massa, I be your friend!" The rascal has never seen you before, and would cut your throat for a pound of tobacco...
Horatio Bridge 「Journal of an African Cruiser」
...The liberated slaves are then apprenticed for five, seven, or nine years; the Government requiring one pound ten shillings sterling from the person who takes them...
Horatio Bridge 「Journal of an African Cruiser」
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