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 16
... extremely thick , of a bitterish taste , and a pale yellow or citron colour . There are two species of the shaddock , of which the pulp of the one is white , and that of the other a beautiful pale red , which may be safely eaten in ...
... extremely thick , of a bitterish taste , and a pale yellow or citron colour . There are two species of the shaddock , of which the pulp of the one is white , and that of the other a beautiful pale red , which may be safely eaten in ...
Page 298
... extremely discontented , and making many shrewd and sarcastic remarks . Here we found a reinforcement just arrived from Jerusalem , consisting of sixty men , black and white , with positive orders for us to break up and march early the ...
... extremely discontented , and making many shrewd and sarcastic remarks . Here we found a reinforcement just arrived from Jerusalem , consisting of sixty men , black and white , with positive orders for us to break up and march early the ...
Page 399
... extremely cunning . This creature is some- times near two feet long , the body shaped like that of a dog , and com- monly black , or rather dark brown , though many are of a bright bay colour : the tail is long , hairy , and annulated ...
... extremely cunning . This creature is some- times near two feet long , the body shaped like that of a dog , and com- monly black , or rather dark brown , though many are of a bright bay colour : the tail is long , hairy , and annulated ...
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amongst Amsterdam animal appearance arms arrived barge beautiful Berbice bird called camp Captain cassava Chapter Charon Colonel Fourgeoud colony of Surinam colour Comewina command corps Cottica river Devil's Harwar Dutch encamped enemy Europeans extremely feet fire fish forest fruit Governor Guiana hammocks hand head Holland Hope hundred Indians inhabitants instantly Joanna kind La Rochelle leave Madeira wine Magdenberg manner Marawina marched mentioned morning mulatto musquitoes negro slaves negroes never night officers ordered Ouca Paramaribo Patamaca perfectly 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 sick skin slaves soldiers species spot Stedman sugar tail thick town of Amsterdam town of Paramaribo tree Vasco Nunes vessels Wana Creek whole woods Zelandia