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 xiv
... night there , they call it Plantation House . Eliza resumes her English attire Seaward the negroes properly clothed . arranges his fire - arms account of his library . A place stoccadoed off for the live - stock . Christmas day . The ...
... night there , they call it Plantation House . Eliza resumes her English attire Seaward the negroes properly clothed . arranges his fire - arms account of his library . A place stoccadoed off for the live - stock . Christmas day . The ...
Side xv
... night rencontre with an armed boat from the guarda costa.- Two Bermudian blacks taken . Seaward secures his treasure talks with the Virginian captain concerning a passage to Ja- maica . A slight survey of the island's channel . The ...
... night rencontre with an armed boat from the guarda costa.- Two Bermudian blacks taken . Seaward secures his treasure talks with the Virginian captain concerning a passage to Ja- maica . A slight survey of the island's channel . The ...
Side 18
... he put a little parcel into my hand for my bride , which I had the happiness to deliver before night ; it was a hundred - pound bank note , a very acceptable wedding present . Time pressed 18 SIR EDWARD SEAWARD'S NARRATIVE . SEPT .
... he put a little parcel into my hand for my bride , which I had the happiness to deliver before night ; it was a hundred - pound bank note , a very acceptable wedding present . Time pressed 18 SIR EDWARD SEAWARD'S NARRATIVE . SEPT .
Side 24
... night , and did so . About nine o'clock next morning , we received a visit from him , and much courtesy ; he insisting that we should take up our residence at his penn during our stay in the island ; which we gladly accepted , and ...
... night , and did so . About nine o'clock next morning , we received a visit from him , and much courtesy ; he insisting that we should take up our residence at his penn during our stay in the island ; which we gladly accepted , and ...
Side 27
... night we made little or no way through the water . About three o'clock in the morning ( Monday 24th ) , the wind off the land reached us , which carried the brig a few leagues farther to the southward . Early in the forenoon the trade ...
... night we made little or no way through the water . About three o'clock in the morning ( Monday 24th ) , the wind off the land reached us , which carried the brig a few leagues farther to the southward . Early in the forenoon the trade ...
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