"Manta" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... esta ciudad de manila e la ysla de Luzon que es lo mejor destos distritos el goueror. pasado y el presente Repartieron la trra y moradores della qe estan pacificos y asise yra rrepartiendo lo qe se pacificare ase hecho tasacion delo qe Cada tributao a se dar e Vn ano que es vna manta de algodon de qe ay mucha abundancia en esta ysla de diez varas de largo y dos de ancho es rropa de que vsan los naturales pa bestirse delgada asi mismo an de dar dosas. de arroz y vna gallina entiendese lo daran sin ...
— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 - Volume III, 1569-1576 • E.H. Blair
... under each arm, and two in the hand. The usual time of stopping under water is from fifty seconds to two and a half minutes. Much has been said of the danger of these fisheries, both from the shark, and another enemy called the 'Manta.' which crushes its victim. But the shark is ever a coward, and no match for an expert diver with a ...
— The World of Waters - A Peaceful Progress o'er the Unpathed Sea • Mrs. David Osborne
... spaces for windows, covered with thin unbleached muslin (or manta, as it is always called out there), glass windows being then too great a luxury in that remote place. There were some partitions inside the ranch, but no doors; and, of course, no floors except adobe. Several half-breed children, nearly naked, ...
— Vanished Arizona - Recollections of the Army Life by a New England Woman • Martha Summerhayes |
