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 49
... young , women , & c . In this wilderness a young officer , Lieutenant Freidrecy , was lost two or three days and nights , as he went out on a shooting party , and would probably never have been heard of , had not the Governor , by order ...
... young , women , & c . In this wilderness a young officer , Lieutenant Freidrecy , was lost two or three days and nights , as he went out on a shooting party , and would probably never have been heard of , had not the Governor , by order ...
Page 93
... young , are no bad food , may easily be accounted for , since they feed on nothing but fruits , nuts , eggs , young birds , & c .; and indeed , in my opinion , all young quadrupeds are eatable : but when one compares those which are ...
... young , are no bad food , may easily be accounted for , since they feed on nothing but fruits , nuts , eggs , young birds , & c .; and indeed , in my opinion , all young quadrupeds are eatable : but when one compares those which are ...
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... young . I have already mentioned the murine oppossum ; thus shall now only describe such peculiarities as I was able to remark , and which were indeed but few in number , the animal being in the bottom of an empty hogshead when I saw it ...
... young . I have already mentioned the murine oppossum ; thus shall now only describe such peculiarities as I was able to remark , and which were indeed but few in number , the animal being in the bottom of an empty hogshead when I saw it ...
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