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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... pleased with her care and industry ; " but we will eat the iguana , dear , " said I ; " it is very good . " — " I do not think I could taste it , " she replied ; " it looks so hideous ; yet , if you eat of it , I will certainly try to ...
... pleased with her care and industry ; " but we will eat the iguana , dear , " said I ; " it is very good . " — " I do not think I could taste it , " she replied ; " it looks so hideous ; yet , if you eat of it , I will certainly try to ...
Side 54
... pleased in having thus assured myself of a prospect of their multiplication when we could trust them on shore to enjoy their liberty . We regaled ourselves at even with the remainder of the water - melon ; and , as we had not yet ...
... pleased in having thus assured myself of a prospect of their multiplication when we could trust them on shore to enjoy their liberty . We regaled ourselves at even with the remainder of the water - melon ; and , as we had not yet ...
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... Pleased with this discovery we returned , and on our way again saw the mullet leaping about the point . We filled our kettles with the cool and clear water , and soon found ourselves safe on board , to close the evening as usual with a ...
... Pleased with this discovery we returned , and on our way again saw the mullet leaping about the point . We filled our kettles with the cool and clear water , and soon found ourselves safe on board , to close the evening as usual with a ...
Side 73
... pleased to see the goats , who were brousing round the exterior of the thicket , come to her and eat the plantains from her hand . I I marked out a spot for the tent , about forty feet clear of the steep side of the promontory , and ...
... pleased to see the goats , who were brousing round the exterior of the thicket , come to her and eat the plantains from her hand . I I marked out a spot for the tent , about forty feet clear of the steep side of the promontory , and ...
Side 77
... pleased to see our goats and fowls well and contented . We threw out some more bruised corn from the bag that we had lodged there ; and could not help remarking , that either the fowls had acquired extraordinary appetites , or that the ...
... pleased to see our goats and fowls well and contented . We threw out some more bruised corn from the bag that we had lodged there ; and could not help remarking , that either the fowls had acquired extraordinary appetites , or that the ...
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