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 98
... body , with a large mouth , and a double row of teeth : it has two bright prominent eyes ; is covered all over with scales , some about the size of a shilling ; and under the body , near the tail , armed with two strong claws like ...
... body , with a large mouth , and a double row of teeth : it has two bright prominent eyes ; is covered all over with scales , some about the size of a shilling ; and under the body , near the tail , armed with two strong claws like ...
Page 122
... body covered over with hard shells like shields , sliding in moveable rings , like those of the quee - quee fish already mentioned , the one over the other , except on the shoulders and the rump , which are covered something like turtle ...
... body covered over with hard shells like shields , sliding in moveable rings , like those of the quee - quee fish already mentioned , the one over the other , except on the shoulders and the rump , which are covered something like turtle ...
Page 245
... body , and legs , are black , which singularly contrasts with the grey colour on the head and neck . " The head of this animal is very large in proportion to its body , its ears almost form a semicircle , its eyes are large , and its ...
... body , and legs , are black , which singularly contrasts with the grey colour on the head and neck . " The head of this animal is very large in proportion to its body , its ears almost form a semicircle , its eyes are large , and its ...
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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