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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 26
Page 201
... plantains . Both these young men were afterwards sent to Europe by Fourgeoud , in expectation that they would be broke by a court - martial ; but , after a very short confinement , they were honourably acquitted , to the joy of the ...
... plantains . Both these young men were afterwards sent to Europe by Fourgeoud , in expectation that they would be broke by a court - martial ; but , after a very short confinement , they were honourably acquitted , to the joy of the ...
Page 202
... plantain , in its fruit being less , and more oval , and this species is never eaten till it is yellow and fully ripe . The former is most useful in point of food ; but this last , which has the flavour of musk , is accounted by far the ...
... plantain , in its fruit being less , and more oval , and this species is never eaten till it is yellow and fully ripe . The former is most useful in point of food ; but this last , which has the flavour of musk , is accounted by far the ...
Page 211
... plantains , and bananas , already described , and particularly cassava or manioc . This last is a shrub , which grows about three feet high , of a grey colour , and knotted ; the leaves are digitated and large , and supported by ...
... plantains , and bananas , already described , and particularly cassava or manioc . This last is a shrub , which grows about three feet high , of a grey colour , and knotted ; the leaves are digitated and large , and supported by ...
Other editions - View all
Narrative, of a Five Years' Expedition,: Against the Revolted Negroes of ... John Gabriel Stedman No preview available - 2017 |
Common terms and phrases
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