Sir Edward Seward's Narrative of His Shipwreck: And Consequent Discovery of Certain Islands in the Caribbean Sea: with a Detail of Many Extraordinary and Highly Interesting Events in His Life, from the Year 1733 to 1749, as Written in His Own Diary, Bind 1Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1831 |
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... beach covered with deposits from the late storms . He takes a large cray - fish removes all their live stock from the vessel to the shore - plants yams and coccos , melon and pump- kin seeds lays out a plantation near the silk- cotton ...
... beach covered with deposits from the late storms . He takes a large cray - fish removes all their live stock from the vessel to the shore - plants yams and coccos , melon and pump- kin seeds lays out a plantation near the silk- cotton ...
Side 33
... beach abreast of us , little more than a mile off . I hastened below to my dear wife , into the dark cabin , exclaiming , " Come to me , my love ; come on deck ; it is daylight ! " Without a word , she made her way to me , and ascended ...
... beach abreast of us , little more than a mile off . I hastened below to my dear wife , into the dark cabin , exclaiming , " Come to me , my love ; come on deck ; it is daylight ! " Without a word , she made her way to me , and ascended ...
Side 34
... beach , and will soon return to take us out of the vessel . " I now looked earnestly around me : the mainmast was gone , but the stump was standing ; the wreck of it had been cleared away : the foremast remained , but the fore - topmast ...
... beach , and will soon return to take us out of the vessel . " I now looked earnestly around me : the mainmast was gone , but the stump was standing ; the wreck of it had been cleared away : the foremast remained , but the fore - topmast ...
Side 36
... beach to the westward , down towards the perpendicular mountainous height , which we had so attentively fixed our eyes on early in . the morning , as forming the southern extremity of the sandy extension . I was desirous to get the brig ...
... beach to the westward , down towards the perpendicular mountainous height , which we had so attentively fixed our eyes on early in . the morning , as forming the southern extremity of the sandy extension . I was desirous to get the brig ...
Side 37
... beach . She went along cleverly , for a vessel almost a wreck ; that is , she was not at all water - logged , and conse- quently in no danger of sinking ; hence on that score my great fear was removed . I soon ap- proached the ...
... beach . She went along cleverly , for a vessel almost a wreck ; that is , she was not at all water - logged , and conse- quently in no danger of sinking ; hence on that score my great fear was removed . I soon ap- proached the ...
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appeared armadillo basket beach biscuit blessed boat breakfast brig brought cabin canoe capsicums captain cave close coccos cocoa-nut grove cool couple crayfish creature dear Edward dear Eliza dear wife deck delighted Diego dinner ducks feeling feet felt Fidele finished fish fish-pot fowls gave goats ground hand happy hastened helpmate hour iguana Indian corn instantly island isthmus Jamaica labour land little dog looked melon Mira morning mullet musket nearly o'clock oakum ourselves palace peccary pieces pike pine-apple plank house plant plantation pleased poor poultry proceeded promontory pumpkin punt refreshment repast replied rest retired returned rock rocky rope Sabbath sand schooner seeds seemed shade shore side silk cotton tree smiled soon spade spot spring stood sunset thankfulness thee thicket things thought took uncle vessel walked William Goldsmith wind woodland region Xavier yams