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 318
... remaining stores arrived at last from Mocha , but threefourths rotted and destroyed by the blata or cockroaches : the remaining part I distributed among the sick people . But what proved truly acceptable , was the cheering account that ...
... remaining stores arrived at last from Mocha , but threefourths rotted and destroyed by the blata or cockroaches : the remaining part I distributed among the sick people . But what proved truly acceptable , was the cheering account that ...
Page 387
... remaining liquor is drawn off into a third tub , to let what indigo it may contain also settle in the bottom ; after which , the last drops of water here being also removed , the sediment or indigo is put into proper vessels to dry ...
... remaining liquor is drawn off into a third tub , to let what indigo it may contain also settle in the bottom ; after which , the last drops of water here being also removed , the sediment or indigo is put into proper vessels to dry ...
Page 420
... remaining party to form in a half circle and march around it , in order that they themselves at the same time might escape every danger from the monster's matchless strength . In this place I shall mention another extraordinary ...
... remaining party to form in a half circle and march around it , in order that they themselves at the same time might escape every danger from the monster's matchless strength . In this place I shall mention another extraordinary ...
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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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