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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Side x
... bringing before us the incident and the actors just as they were , simple , natural , and true to the fact . There is a circumstance connected with the in- tegrity of the Narrative , which I do not deem necessary to mention to the ...
... bringing before us the incident and the actors just as they were , simple , natural , and true to the fact . There is a circumstance connected with the in- tegrity of the Narrative , which I do not deem necessary to mention to the ...
Side xii
... stock from the vessel to the shore - plants yams and coccos , melon and pump- kin seeds lays out a plantation near the silk- cotton tree . They are sick from eating the cray- - - - - fish what medicine they took . He brings xii CONTENTS .
... stock from the vessel to the shore - plants yams and coccos , melon and pump- kin seeds lays out a plantation near the silk- cotton tree . They are sick from eating the cray- - - - - fish what medicine they took . He brings xii CONTENTS .
Side xiii
... brings the remainder of their fruits on shore , stows them in the plant - house - goes to work at the cotton - tree plant- ation daily his reflections on shade and sunshine , connected with his places of occupation- discovers the ...
... brings the remainder of their fruits on shore , stows them in the plant - house - goes to work at the cotton - tree plant- ation daily his reflections on shade and sunshine , connected with his places of occupation- discovers the ...
Side 3
... bring one for each of her sisters and my own also , I prudently gave up the wish . But I got some capital tobacco seed , which , with a few heads of Indian corn , and a few pumpkin seeds , I put up ; intended for my poor dear father to ...
... bring one for each of her sisters and my own also , I prudently gave up the wish . But I got some capital tobacco seed , which , with a few heads of Indian corn , and a few pumpkin seeds , I put up ; intended for my poor dear father to ...
Side 5
... bring home , Ned ? " " Three hundred , sir ; but if you will allow me till after tea , I will then go with you into the counting - house , and give you every information you require re- specting the cargo and the voyage . " - " Wouldst ...
... bring home , Ned ? " " Three hundred , sir ; but if you will allow me till after tea , I will then go with you into the counting - house , and give you every information you require re- specting the cargo and the voyage . " - " Wouldst ...
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