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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... 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 accordingly accom- panied him on ...
... 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 accordingly accom- panied him on ...
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... o'clock , and we ran down to Port Royal , a distance of eight or nine miles , in little more than an hour . With the same fine breeze , we stood out to sea , and shaped our course to the southward , to keep clear of the Pedro shoals ...
... o'clock , and we ran down to Port Royal , a distance of eight or nine miles , in little more than an hour . With the same fine breeze , we stood out to sea , and shaped our course to the southward , to keep clear of the Pedro shoals ...
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... o'clock in the morning they called out , " Breakers , breakers ! land ! breakers ! " I was below with my wife in the cabin . Being no seaman , I could do no good on deck ; but , hearing this , I got up the ladder to the companion door ...
... o'clock in the morning they called out , " Breakers , breakers ! land ! breakers ! " I was below with my wife in the cabin . Being no seaman , I could do no good on deck ; but , hearing this , I got up the ladder to the companion door ...
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... o'clock in the forenoon , the breeze began to set in from the sea , nearly E.N.E. , and the brig worked fore and aft . I told my wife what my fears were , and that if it so happened , we must endeavour to get up the fore - rigging ; as ...
... o'clock in the forenoon , the breeze began to set in from the sea , nearly E.N.E. , and the brig worked fore and aft . I told my wife what my fears were , and that if it so happened , we must endeavour to get up the fore - rigging ; as ...
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... o'clock , and was heartily tired . My wife had kept up the fire on the rocks on the other side , and had made free with a shingle or two to help it : she had put some coccos on to boil , and a couple of plantains to roast , and so far ...
... o'clock , and was heartily tired . My wife had kept up the fire on the rocks on the other side , and had made free with a shingle or two to help it : she had put some coccos on to boil , and a couple of plantains to roast , and so far ...
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