Narrative of a Five Years' Expedition Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam: In Guiana on the Wild Coast of South America, from the Years 1772 to 1777 ...University of Massachusetts Press, 1972 - 480 pages |
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Page 69
... bird might , with some degree of propriety , be styled the perpetual motion , its body making a continual movement ... bird more I shall only mention in this place , which may be considered as the rival of the mock - bird , viz . the ...
... bird might , with some degree of propriety , be styled the perpetual motion , its body making a continual movement ... bird more I shall only mention in this place , which may be considered as the rival of the mock - bird , viz . the ...
Page 143
... birds cannot fly far ; and being easily tamed , may be reared for domestic purposes : at Para- maribo they are frequently sold for more than a guinea a - piece . Another bird peculiar to Guiana , called by the French the agame , and in ...
... birds cannot fly far ; and being easily tamed , may be reared for domestic purposes : at Para- maribo they are frequently sold for more than a guinea a - piece . Another bird peculiar to Guiana , called by the French the agame , and in ...
Page 185
... bird I lately saw upon one of the neighbouring estates , but which I had forgotten to mention : this was the Guiana curlew , here called flamingo , from its great resemblance to the famous bird of that name , seen in Canada and many ...
... bird I lately saw upon one of the neighbouring estates , but which I had forgotten to mention : this was the Guiana curlew , here called flamingo , from its great resemblance to the famous bird of that name , seen in Canada and many ...
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amongst animal appearance arms arrived barge beautiful Berbice bird called camp canoe Captain cassava Chapter Charon Colonel Fourgeoud colour command Cormoetibo Creek Devil's Harwar Dutch enemy Europeans expence extremely feet fire fish forest fruit Governor Guiana hammocks hands head Hope hundred Indians inhabitants instantly Joanna kind La Rochelle leave Lolkens Madeira wine Magdenberg manner Marawina marched morning mouth mulatto musquitoes negro slaves negroes never night o'clock occasion officers orange colour ordered Oronoque Ouca Patamaca perfectly Pirica plantains plantation planters poor pounds sterling pounds weight present Quaco rangers rebel negroes received river Cottica river Surinam round rowed Savannah sent Seramica settlement ships shot sick situation slaves Society troops soldiers Somelsdyk species spot sugar tail thick town of Amsterdam town of Paramaribo tree vessels Wana Creek whole woods wound Zelandia