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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... thicket , and in a minute or two he began barking ; when , to our startling surprise , we presently heard him answered , we thought , by some other dog , accompanied by strange and loud noises from the same quarter ; but as they ...
... thicket , and in a minute or two he began barking ; when , to our startling surprise , we presently heard him answered , we thought , by some other dog , accompanied by strange and loud noises from the same quarter ; but as they ...
Side 63
... thicket to some distance , for his barking seems a great way off . " While we were talking , his uproarious little voice drew nearer , and immediately out brushed an iguana , with his mane erect , dragging his long tail after him like a ...
... thicket to some distance , for his barking seems a great way off . " While we were talking , his uproarious little voice drew nearer , and immediately out brushed an iguana , with his mane erect , dragging his long tail after him like a ...
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... thicket , and passed a reflection or two on the cavern in our way : while we stopped for a minute there , Fidele put us in mind of the iguana , by running to the spot where it lay , and kept guard over his prize until I came and took it ...
... thicket , and passed a reflection or two on the cavern in our way : while we stopped for a minute there , Fidele put us in mind of the iguana , by running to the spot where it lay , and kept guard over his prize until I came and took it ...
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... thicket , they would soon learn to subsist themselves , without drawing further on our little imported stock of grain . We now thought my pistols security enough ; I put them in my belt , leaving the guns on board ; and , having but a ...
... thicket , they would soon learn to subsist themselves , without drawing further on our little imported stock of grain . We now thought my pistols security enough ; I put them in my belt , leaving the guns on board ; and , having but a ...
Side 68
... thicket , the goats began to browse : however , I drove them forward into the cave , where their bleating gave us an opportunity of seeing a great many pigeons take wing from the sides of the cavern , and fly out at its aperture on the ...
... thicket , the goats began to browse : however , I drove them forward into the cave , where their bleating gave us an opportunity of seeing a great many pigeons take wing from the sides of the cavern , and fly out at its aperture on the ...
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