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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... particular who are destined for a military or a naval life would avail themselves of the art of inoculation , in order to avoid a painful anxiety to themselves , and a most dangerous infection to their fellow - creatures . On Christmas ...
... particular who are destined for a military or a naval life would avail themselves of the art of inoculation , in order to avoid a painful anxiety to themselves , and a most dangerous infection to their fellow - creatures . On Christmas ...
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... particular , as will be seen throughout the expedition . It is with pain that I relate this passage - but no consideration shall prevent me from bringing to light particular foibles , as it will ever give me the greatest pleasure to ...
... particular , as will be seen throughout the expedition . It is with pain that I relate this passage - but no consideration shall prevent me from bringing to light particular foibles , as it will ever give me the greatest pleasure to ...
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... particular , who wanted for nothing , and who had such an agreeable partner constantly near me , whose sweet con- versation was divine music to my ears , and whose presence banished every languor and harship from my mind ! One day ...
... particular , who wanted for nothing , and who had such an agreeable partner constantly near me , whose sweet con- versation was divine music to my ears , and whose presence banished every languor and harship from my mind ! One day ...
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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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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