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Meanings of native porters in English

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Usage of native porters in English
1
He was strikingly handsome, efficient, and ruled the native porters firmly and kindly.
In Africa: Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country
2
As for the two native porters, they gazed and trembled.
Blown to Bits: The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago
3
It was a sort of sedan chair, or invalid litter, borne on poles by four native porters.
What's Bred in the Bone
4
The native porters relieved each other at every village, fresh men being always in readiness on the road.
The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, And Explorations of...
5
The want of a waggon makes camping out much more troublesome and involves a large force of native porters.
Impressions of South Africa
6
At the last moment, a middle-aged American lady swarmed into the compartment, followed by native porters laden with her baggage.
Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World
7
Fawcett hired two native porters and guides to accompany the expedition until the more dangerous terrain, about a hundred miles north.
The lost city of z: a tale of deadly obsession in the amazon
8
The journey to the coast was an easy one, as the sick were all transported on litters, carried by native porters.
By Right of Conquest; Or, With Cortez in Mexico
9
All this talk Moses translated, and embellished, to the native porters with the solemn sincerity of a true and thorough-paced hypocrite.
Blown to Bits: The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago
10
Their occupants were eager to join the battle, for they thought that their foes were white men and their native porters.
The Beasts of Tarzan
11
The second men were, in our case, selected from the native porters, and were subject to the orders of the first gunbearer.
In Africa: Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country
12
Keeping the tent between him and herself, she crossed between the small shelters of the native porters to the boma wall beyond.
The Beasts of Tarzan
13
Suddenly one of the native porters threw down his load and bolted over the open ground towards the village at full speed.
The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, And Explorations of...
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