vou-to-hou

Updated: February 26, 2026

Salutations were made heretofore in the Celestial empire in the following words, vou-to-hou, Have you been incommoded in the night by the serpents? The geographical distribution of the insects of the family of tipulae presents very remarkable phenomena.

Alexander von Humboldt - Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2