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 193
... killed by the negroes , who knocked them down with their bill - hooks and axes . In Surinam the wild boars are of three species ; which I will embrace this opportunity to describe - these are the pingos or waree above - mentioned , the ...
... killed by the negroes , who knocked them down with their bill - hooks and axes . In Surinam the wild boars are of three species ; which I will embrace this opportunity to describe - these are the pingos or waree above - mentioned , the ...
Page 294
... killed the snake , made the patient drink its gall , mixed with half a glass of spirits , which I gave him . He seemed now ( perhaps from imagina- tion ) to bear his misfortune better ; but the fits soon returned with increasing ...
... killed the snake , made the patient drink its gall , mixed with half a glass of spirits , which I gave him . He seemed now ( perhaps from imagina- tion ) to bear his misfortune better ; but the fits soon returned with increasing ...
Page 375
... killed , with fowls , ducks , & c . a general feast is given by his friends to all the other negroes , which concludes not till the following day . The nearest connections and relations of the deceased , both male and female , now cut ...
... killed , with fowls , ducks , & c . a general feast is given by his friends to all the other negroes , which concludes not till the following day . The nearest connections and relations of the deceased , both male and female , now cut ...
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