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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... half a dozen Guinea - fowl , a great quantity of yams and plantains , and coccos ( a sort of potatoe ) , some shaddocks , and oranges , and limes , and a few pumpkins , and water - melons , half a dozen fine pine - apples , and as many ...
... half a dozen Guinea - fowl , a great quantity of yams and plantains , and coccos ( a sort of potatoe ) , some shaddocks , and oranges , and limes , and a few pumpkins , and water - melons , half a dozen fine pine - apples , and as many ...
Side 33
... half of the companion door , when a gleam of joy rushed upon me , on perceiving that the day had dawned , and that the water to leeward was quite smooth . The brig now lying on the innermost part of the reef , I discovered high land ...
... half of the companion door , when a gleam of joy rushed upon me , on perceiving that the day had dawned , and that the water to leeward was quite smooth . The brig now lying on the innermost part of the reef , I discovered high land ...
Side 35
... of the brig . In half an hour her stern swung off into deep water , and she hung by the bow . We now righted , that is to say , the vessel became upright in the water , and , D 2 1733. SIR EDWARD SEAWARD'S NARRATIVE . 35.
... of the brig . In half an hour her stern swung off into deep water , and she hung by the bow . We now righted , that is to say , the vessel became upright in the water , and , D 2 1733. SIR EDWARD SEAWARD'S NARRATIVE . 35.
Side 43
... half an hour they were both broiled . The poor dog , being half famished , ate up the liver and gizzards with great avidity ; while the cooking necessary to our stomachs , under our present feelings , seemed to go on but slowly . As ...
... half an hour they were both broiled . The poor dog , being half famished , ate up the liver and gizzards with great avidity ; while the cooking necessary to our stomachs , under our present feelings , seemed to go on but slowly . As ...
Side 44
... half a mile broad ; and I was de- lighted to behold an extensive lake or fine harbour , surrounded by land , immediately on the further side . Eliza had followed me to the forecastle , to be my guardian angel , as I went on this 44 SIR ...
... half a mile broad ; and I was de- lighted to behold an extensive lake or fine harbour , surrounded by land , immediately on the further side . Eliza had followed me to the forecastle , to be my guardian angel , as I went on this 44 SIR ...
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