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 149
... perfectly for the rigging of ships and other purposes , had it not been discovered that they are sooner liable to rot in the wet . This kind of hemp is so very much like white silk , that the importation is forbidden in many countries ...
... perfectly for the rigging of ships and other purposes , had it not been discovered that they are sooner liable to rot in the wet . This kind of hemp is so very much like white silk , that the importation is forbidden in many countries ...
Page 186
... perfectly blind for several hours , with the sting of a kind of wasps , which are known in this country by the name of marobonso ; of which the only thing that I can say is , that they are ex- tremely large , live in hollow trees , are ...
... perfectly blind for several hours , with the sting of a kind of wasps , which are known in this country by the name of marobonso ; of which the only thing that I can say is , that they are ex- tremely large , live in hollow trees , are ...
Page 358
... perfectly black , which being removed by severe flagellation , or by scalding , exposes a complexion not inferior to that of an European . On the estate Vossenbergh , in Surinam , were born two white negroes , whose parents were both ...
... perfectly black , which being removed by severe flagellation , or by scalding , exposes a complexion not inferior to that of an European . On the estate Vossenbergh , in Surinam , were born two white negroes , whose parents were both ...
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amongst animal appearance arms arrived barge beautiful Berbice bird called camp canoe Captain cassava Chapter Charon Colonel Fourgeoud colour command Cormoetibo Creek Devil's Harwar Dutch enemy Europeans expence extremely feet fire fish forest fruit Governor Guiana hammocks hands head Hope hundred Indians inhabitants instantly Joanna kind La Rochelle leave Lolkens Madeira wine Magdenberg manner Marawina marched morning mouth mulatto musquitoes negro slaves negroes never night o'clock occasion officers orange colour ordered Oronoque Ouca Patamaca perfectly Pirica 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 shot sick situation slaves Society troops soldiers Somelsdyk species spot sugar tail thick town of Amsterdam town of Paramaribo tree vessels Wana Creek whole woods wound Zelandia