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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... feet , I saw our two goats , huddled together behind a hammock some one had stowed away in that place the preceding day . I brought the bag along with me joyfully , and we began to eat of it with thankfulness ; taking a little sup of ...
... feet , I saw our two goats , huddled together behind a hammock some one had stowed away in that place the preceding day . I brought the bag along with me joyfully , and we began to eat of it with thankfulness ; taking a little sup of ...
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... feet in a moment : she took up the other gun , holding it in one hand , with the boarding pike in the other , ready to give me either , as occasion might require . Fidele con- tinued to bark , keeping his head towards the rock a little ...
... feet in a moment : she took up the other gun , holding it in one hand , with the boarding pike in the other , ready to give me either , as occasion might require . Fidele con- tinued to bark , keeping his head towards the rock a little ...
Side 64
... feet in di- ameter , and , perhaps , thirty feet above us . By this opening at the back of the 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 ...
... feet in di- ameter , and , perhaps , thirty feet above us . By this opening at the back of the 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 ...
Side 71
... feet above them . The interior of the cave was still quite light , which allowed us to see some bluish - coloured pigeons on the lower ledge of the window aperture . They did not fly on our coming in , and we took care not to make any ...
... feet above them . The interior of the cave was still quite light , which allowed us to see some bluish - coloured pigeons on the lower ledge of the window aperture . They did not fly on our coming in , and we took care not to make any ...
Side 72
... feet from the sand ( of which , hitherto , we never had been free ) , we put on the guards , and , our cold dinner being dispatched , I set to my carrying labour again . My anxious wife wanted to assist me ; but I told her , that was ...
... feet from the sand ( of which , hitherto , we never had been free ) , we put on the guards , and , our cold dinner being dispatched , I set to my carrying labour again . My anxious wife wanted to assist me ; but I told her , that was ...
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