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 37
... mentioned . He received them very politely , and taking them by the hand , desired they would sit down by his side upon the green ; at the same time assuring them they need not be under any apprehensions of evil , since from their ...
... mentioned . He received them very politely , and taking them by the hand , desired they would sit down by his side upon the green ; at the same time assuring them they need not be under any apprehensions of evil , since from their ...
Page 203
... mentioned the mode of catching fish by means of a project- ing paling , it will probably not be disagreeable to the reader to have some account of it , particularly as on many different occasions it helped me to a comfortable dinner ...
... mentioned the mode of catching fish by means of a project- ing paling , it will probably not be disagreeable to the reader to have some account of it , particularly as on many different occasions it helped me to a comfortable dinner ...
Page 258
... mentioned long thin flakes , and then it makes an excellent sallad ; but too much of it , whether eaten raw or dressed , is unwholesome , as it is apt to occasion a diarrhoea . It is in the cavity , after the cabbage is removed from it ...
... mentioned long thin flakes , and then it makes an excellent sallad ; but too much of it , whether eaten raw or dressed , is unwholesome , as it is apt to occasion a diarrhoea . It is in the cavity , after the cabbage is removed from it ...
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Narrative, of a Five Years' Expedition,: Against the Revolted Negroes of ... John Gabriel Stedman No preview available - 2017 |
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