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 83
... seen any thing more resembling their form than a lizard , they would have adopted that which the Indians called them by , viz . the cayman ; but the Spanish sailors remarking their great resemblance to that little reptile , they called ...
... seen any thing more resembling their form than a lizard , they would have adopted that which the Indians called them by , viz . the cayman ; but the Spanish sailors remarking their great resemblance to that little reptile , they called ...
Page 112
... seen and so accu- rately observed . I have seen the most cruel tortures inflicted , for submitting to the desire of a husband , or for refusing the same to a libidinous master , and more frequently a rascally overseer : nay , even on ...
... seen and so accu- rately observed . I have seen the most cruel tortures inflicted , for submitting to the desire of a husband , or for refusing the same to a libidinous master , and more frequently a rascally overseer : nay , even on ...
Page 185
... seen , if not wading in the water to seek its food . These birds , like plovers , never swim ; they have a scarlet crest and small pearls ( like those of the Muscovy duck ) separating the bill from the eyes ; they are always seen in ...
... seen , if not wading in the water to seek its food . These birds , like plovers , never swim ; they have a scarlet crest and small pearls ( like those of the Muscovy duck ) separating the bill from the eyes ; they are always seen in ...
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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