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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... seeds - - -- - - Sees mullet - near the rocky point . A variety of incidents.- Penetrates into a wooded region . — Discoveries . Begins building a house with planks from the ship . Subsequent proceedings . Seaward and his Eliza seem to ...
... seeds - - -- - - Sees mullet - near the rocky point . A variety of incidents.- Penetrates into a wooded region . — Discoveries . Begins building a house with planks from the ship . Subsequent proceedings . Seaward and his Eliza seem to ...
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... seed , which , with a few heads of Indian corn , and a few pumpkin seeds , I put up ; intended for my poor dear father to try them on his farm , as I thought those plants might perhaps thrive well in England . On the 8th of August I ...
... seed , which , with a few heads of Indian corn , and a few pumpkin seeds , I put up ; intended for my poor dear father to try them on his farm , as I thought those plants might perhaps thrive well in England . On the 8th of August I ...
Side 51
... seeds with much care , re served the remainder of its fruit for to - morrow . Not being accustomed to labour , we were suffi- ciently fatigued to remain quietly on deck until it was time to go to rest . The eventide is delightful in ...
... seeds with much care , re served the remainder of its fruit for to - morrow . Not being accustomed to labour , we were suffi- ciently fatigued to remain quietly on deck until it was time to go to rest . The eventide is delightful in ...
Side 52
... seeds of our fruits , and some of the roots , as our yams and coccos , into the ground , the late rains having ren- dered the soil favourable for their reception ; but the spades , and shovels , and hoes were all among the cargo ; and ...
... seeds of our fruits , and some of the roots , as our yams and coccos , into the ground , the late rains having ren- dered the soil favourable for their reception ; but the spades , and shovels , and hoes were all among the cargo ; and ...
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... seeds ; and on all 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 ...
... seeds ; and on all 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 ...
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