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 73
... feet long , and twelve inches broad , and two inches thick . I levelled rather more than twelve feet square of the ridge , and laid on twelve planks side by side ; which , being done , formed a square of twelve feet . I then crossed the ...
... feet long , and twelve inches broad , and two inches thick . I levelled rather more than twelve feet square of the ridge , and laid on twelve planks side by side ; which , being done , formed a square of twelve feet . I then crossed the ...
Side 74
... feet square within the walls , and eight feet high . The roof was flat , made by a covering of the planks . It took nearly two hundred planks to construct this small building ; and it cost me the labour of four hours every day for a ...
... feet square within the walls , and eight feet high . The roof was flat , made by a covering of the planks . It took nearly two hundred planks to construct this small building ; and it cost me the labour of four hours every day for a ...
Side 79
... feet . It was now close to the water . I left it , and ran up to the planks , heaping one upon another over the rope , until I opposed a force I landed on the rocks , taking a sufficient to again hold the turtle . I thought it 1734. SIR ...
... feet . It was now close to the water . I left it , and ran up to the planks , heaping one upon another over the rope , until I opposed a force I landed on the rocks , taking a sufficient to again hold the turtle . I thought it 1734. SIR ...
Side 88
... feet high ; while the lower part to the westward , where the cave is situated , looked like a rugged chasm . Beyond that , further again to the west , the cliff rose , in a conical form , to at least two hundred and fifty feet . The ...
... feet high ; while the lower part to the westward , where the cave is situated , looked like a rugged chasm . Beyond that , further again to the west , the cliff rose , in a conical form , to at least two hundred and fifty feet . The ...
Side 106
... feet high ; and was pretty well fatigued by a couple of such hours ' work . My poor dear wife had not carried above half the cocoa nuts , be- fore she was heartily tired too ; and seating herself 106 SIR EDWARD SEAWARD'S NARRATIVE . JAN .
... feet high ; and was pretty well fatigued by a couple of such hours ' work . My poor dear wife had not carried above half the cocoa nuts , be- fore she was heartily tired too ; and seating herself 106 SIR EDWARD SEAWARD'S NARRATIVE . JAN .
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