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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... 129 encounter how they dispose of the slain , and treat their wounded dog . -Seaward explores a hidden cave- scruples about appropriating what is found . They ascend the - promontory to look out for a sail . His CONTENTS . xiii.
... 129 encounter how they dispose of the slain , and treat their wounded dog . -Seaward explores a hidden cave- scruples about appropriating what is found . They ascend the - promontory to look out for a sail . His CONTENTS . xiii.
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... cave , it was clear that the further end of the cavern was close to the further side of the promontory , at least at this point . We now gazed around us , and saw we were in an extensive natural excavation ; the floor of which was ...
... cave , it was clear that the further end of the cavern was close to the further side of the promontory , at least at this point . We now gazed around us , and saw we were in an extensive natural excavation ; the floor of which was ...
Side 68
... cave , and every part of it , appeared quite dry . We found it cool and airy , and pronounced it no bad lodgings for shipwrecked persons in such a climate . When we left the cave , the goats followed us out of it , but they stayed ...
... cave , and every part of it , appeared quite dry . We found it cool and airy , and pronounced it no bad lodgings for shipwrecked persons in such a climate . When we left the cave , the goats followed us out of it , but they stayed ...
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... cave being near , which we thought so pleasant , we might take some useful things there , and occasionally make our fire , and dine . We should not then be far from the spring ; and if you were at work either at the vessel or by the ...
... cave being near , which we thought so pleasant , we might take some useful things there , and occasionally make our fire , and dine . We should not then be far from the spring ; and if you were at work either at the vessel or by the ...
Side 71
... cave . We sat close at our work until nearly sunset , and then went ashore to visit our live stock at the We found them all within : the goats lying on the floor , at some little distance from its mouth ; the poultry perched up on one ...
... cave . We sat close at our work until nearly sunset , and then went ashore to visit our live stock at the We found them all within : the goats lying on the floor , at some little distance from its mouth ; the poultry perched up on one ...
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