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 91
... less- Timeo Danæos et dona ferentes . The receipt of such unwelcome intelligence made the whole crew declare they were sacrificed for no manner of purpose ; while the negroes sighed , pronouncing the words , Ah ! poty backera ! Oh ...
... less- Timeo Danæos et dona ferentes . The receipt of such unwelcome intelligence made the whole crew declare they were sacrificed for no manner of purpose ; while the negroes sighed , pronouncing the words , Ah ! poty backera ! Oh ...
Page 258
... less sweet , and are also differently shaped . The maureecee tree , by the French called latanie , is certainly the tallest of all the palm - tree species ; or , indeed , of any species in the forest of Guiana . And I can aver , that I ...
... less sweet , and are also differently shaped . The maureecee tree , by the French called latanie , is certainly the tallest of all the palm - tree species ; or , indeed , of any species in the forest of Guiana . And I can aver , that I ...
Page 310
... less barbarous way , and the way which I always followed , is only to provoke the animal by the heat of the embers to run away ; when stretch- ing out its head and neck , they are easily chopped off , and the food extracted without ...
... less barbarous way , and the way which I always followed , is only to provoke the animal by the heat of the embers to run away ; when stretch- ing out its head and neck , they are easily chopped off , and the food extracted without ...
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