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 123
... round ; it never bites . On each side of its nose it has long whiskers , very like the otter or the cat ; its feet are shaped much like those of a monkey , which assist in it climbing trees to seek for its food , in which its long ...
... round ; it never bites . On each side of its nose it has long whiskers , very like the otter or the cat ; its feet are shaped much like those of a monkey , which assist in it climbing trees to seek for its food , in which its long ...
Page 133
... round the fire ) beginning to ladle away as soon as the broth began to boil , which had another virtue , viz . notwithstanding its being put over at six o'clock in the evening , at twelve o'clock at midnight the kettle was just as full ...
... round the fire ) beginning to ladle away as soon as the broth began to boil , which had another virtue , viz . notwithstanding its being put over at six o'clock in the evening , at twelve o'clock at midnight the kettle was just as full ...
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... round shape and size , resembling the insect called chiga or chigoe , already described ; the next resembles rats excrements , & c . All the above species , besides some others , grow on low green shrubs , they all equally excoriate the ...
... round shape and size , resembling the insect called chiga or chigoe , already described ; the next resembles rats excrements , & c . All the above species , besides some others , grow on low green shrubs , they all equally excoriate the ...
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