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 85
... manner of using the blunderbuss , as I have since been informed that all such weapons ought to be fired under the hand , espe- cially when heavy charged ; and then by swinging round the body suddenly , the force of the rebound is broken ...
... manner of using the blunderbuss , as I have since been informed that all such weapons ought to be fired under the hand , espe- cially when heavy charged ; and then by swinging round the body suddenly , the force of the rebound is broken ...
Page 127
... manner to the top , from which they next hang down to the earth , take root , and re - ascend . Sometimes the thin nebees are so closely interwoven , that they have the appearance of fishing nets , and game cannot get through them ...
... manner to the top , from which they next hang down to the earth , take root , and re - ascend . Sometimes the thin nebees are so closely interwoven , that they have the appearance of fishing nets , and game cannot get through them ...
Page 215
... manner of fixing the stone in the club or apootoo is by sticking it in the tree while it is yet growing , where it soon becomes so fast that it cannot be forced out ; after which the wood is cut , and shaped according to fancy . The ...
... manner of fixing the stone in the club or apootoo is by sticking it in the tree while it is yet growing , where it soon becomes so fast that it cannot be forced out ; after which the wood is cut , and shaped according to fancy . The ...
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