"Rice grass" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... name, which, I believe, means a 'pine-tree'—has caused them a great deal of anxiety. Kepenau fears that Manilick will try to carry off his daughter by force, and he is therefore obliged to keep scouts constantly watching the movements of the young chief. Indeed, when you appeared through the rice grass I fancied that you were Manilick, and that you might have come to carry us all off together; not that I believe he would venture to injure any white people, since he professes to ...
— Afar in the Forest • W.H.G. Kingston |
