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 xii
... vessel to the shore - plants yams and coccos , melon and pump- kin seeds - lays out a plantation near the silk- cotton tree . - They are sick from eating the crayfish - what medicine they took . - He brings the xii CONTENTS .
... vessel to the shore - plants yams and coccos , melon and pump- kin seeds - lays out a plantation near the silk- cotton tree . - They are sick from eating the crayfish - what medicine they took . - He brings the xii CONTENTS .
Side xiii
... plant - house - goes to work at the cotton - tree plant- ation daily - his reflections on shade and sunshine , connected with his places of occupation - discovers the chocolate - nut near the cavern - finds an old military belt there ...
... plant - house - goes to work at the cotton - tree plant- ation daily - his reflections on shade and sunshine , connected with his places of occupation - discovers the chocolate - nut near the cavern - finds an old military belt there ...
Side 3
... plants might perhaps thrive well in England . On the 8th of August I took leave of my friends at Baltimore : and after a stormy passage , but with a fair wind generally , we arrived at the port of Bristol on the 15th of September ; to ...
... plants might perhaps thrive well in England . On the 8th of August I took leave of my friends at Baltimore : and after a stormy passage , but with a fair wind generally , we arrived at the port of Bristol on the 15th of September ; to ...
Side 61
... future occasions we never omitted to gather up the seeds of our fruits as we used them . In the afternoon we went on shore to look about for spots of favourable ground to plant some of the 1733. SIR EDWARD SEAWARD'S NARRATIVE . 61.
... future occasions we never omitted to gather up the seeds of our fruits as we used them . In the afternoon we went on shore to look about for spots of favourable ground to plant some of the 1733. SIR EDWARD SEAWARD'S NARRATIVE . 61.
Side 62
... plant some of the seeds of the water - melon which we had eaten a few days ago , and also of the pumpkin we had just ... plants . I therefore felt I should not seek long without finding proper situations for them ; but it must be ...
... plant some of the seeds of the water - melon which we had eaten a few days ago , and also of the pumpkin we had just ... plants . I therefore felt I should not seek long without finding proper situations for them ; but it must be ...
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