On a table were bottles of absinthe and champagne, and several demijohns of red wine stood on the floor.
First of all, two demijohns of trade-rum were filled to gladden the community of Mongo-Yungee's town.
Before the negroes departed, however, I made him swear eternal fidelity and friendship in their presence, after which I sealed the compact with a couple of demijohns of New England rum.
They hailed Brissenden and hisdemijohns with acclamation, and, on being introduced, Martin learned they were Andy and Parry.
At a wholesale liquor store he bought two gallon-demijohns of old port, and with one in each hand boarded a Mission Street car, Martin at his heels burdened with several quart-bottles of whiskey.
For instance, a shopkeeper will barter his imported cotton stuffs, his demijohns of wine, his candles, etc.
As the boxes and demijohns were brought forward and put down the mob began to grow excited at the thought of the drink.
When a supply arrived processions of girls carrying demijohns trooped in from all quarters, as if they were going to the spring for water.
Keep it in demijohns in moderate darkness under the roof," returned Francis.
The place of rendezvous was the house of our captain,[#] where capacious demijohns of Madeira were constantly set out in the yard, where we formed for regular refreshment before marching out to exercise.
Even two demijohns of the same wine kept in one room constantly differ, like two of a family.
Each demijohn requires from four to five thousand eggs; ten thousand demijohns represent from four to five millions, which means that there must be from four to five hundred thousand turtles.
The oil extracted from the eggs is gathered in demijohns holding on an average seven gallons each, and the average yield of a good year is about ten thousand demijohns.
Next came about six large jugs or demijohns of native fire-water, or aguardiente, a most useful and indispensable beverage in those latitudes, and about half a ton of salt, a most precious article in that region.
The Igalwa or M'pongwe trader arrives with the goods he has received from the white trader, and there are great rejoicing and much uproar as his chests and bundles and demijohns are brought up from the canoe.
I express my opinion of them in four words and send Monrovia Boy, who I know is to be trusted, back to Buea with a scribbled note to Herr Liebert asking him to send me up two demijohns of water.
Wonderful accounts of our prodigies of valour I hear given by Xenia, and terrible accounts of what they have lived through from the others, and the men who have brought up the demijohns and the chop recount the last news from Buea.
I have taken possession of two demijohns of water and the rum demijohn, arranging them round the head of my bed.
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