Journal of Voyages to Marguaritta, Trinidad, & Maturin: With the Author's Travels Across the Plains of the Llaneros, to Angustura, and Subsequent Descent of the Orinoco, in the Years 1819 & 1820Printed and sold for the author, by J. Jones, 1824 - 160 páginas |
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... saw several flocks of a small species of Parrot , called by the natives Paro- quetta ; the bill , wings , and plumage , are uni- formly grey ; they are apt scholars , and quickly taught to imitate the varieties of the human voice . 22.
... saw several flocks of a small species of Parrot , called by the natives Paro- quetta ; the bill , wings , and plumage , are uni- formly grey ; they are apt scholars , and quickly taught to imitate the varieties of the human voice . 22.
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... called Tropy- all , a bird much sought for , about the size of our common thrush ; it has a bright yellow top , with breast of the same colour , whilst the wings and back exhibit a mixture of white , red , and black : its plumage is ...
... called Tropy- all , a bird much sought for , about the size of our common thrush ; it has a bright yellow top , with breast of the same colour , whilst the wings and back exhibit a mixture of white , red , and black : its plumage is ...
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... called into action , or he started as the avenger of his country's wrongs , and the assertor of its inde- pendence . ARISMENDI was the servant of Mo- RILLO , and was ordered upon a particular day ( here ROMANO burst into tears — may ...
... called into action , or he started as the avenger of his country's wrongs , and the assertor of its inde- pendence . ARISMENDI was the servant of Mo- RILLO , and was ordered upon a particular day ( here ROMANO burst into tears — may ...
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... called , by the crew , Cumac . Next morning we went on shore , and were most agreeably surprized at finding a plentiful supply of Oranges and Cocoa Nuts , growing around us in every direction , in all the luxuriance of native wildness ...
... called , by the crew , Cumac . Next morning we went on shore , and were most agreeably surprized at finding a plentiful supply of Oranges and Cocoa Nuts , growing around us in every direction , in all the luxuriance of native wildness ...
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... called Winnamete . Here the ravages of war were equally perceptible . As we neared the shore , two savages , black , and in an entire state of nudity , rushed from a thicket , with a horrible : yell ; having been addressed by the ...
... called Winnamete . Here the ravages of war were equally perceptible . As we neared the shore , two savages , black , and in an entire state of nudity , rushed from a thicket , with a horrible : yell ; having been addressed by the ...
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adieu Admiral BRION Angustura animal appearance ARISMENDI arms army arrival attempt banks boat BOLIVAR British British Legion calabash canoe Captain PHELAN carabine cassava bread cause Colonel LOPEZ Colonel MEADE comfortable command companion considerable countenance crew Cumana DEVEREUX distance dress Dublin enemy English entered European exer exertions eyes fate fatigue ferocious former forward gentleman Governor hammock hand hastened heard hopes horses independence Indian inhabitants Ireland Irish Legion island JAMIESON journey Juan Griego kind ladies land Llaneros Major DAVY MARINO Maturin ment merchants miles MORILLO morning Musquitoes native troops night o'clock officers Orinoco ourselves passage passed passport Patriot perceived plain plantation present privations proceeded quarters racter rain renegado returned river sailed scene schooner seated seemed situation soldiers soon South American Spaniards Spanish suffered Supreme Chief surprize termination tion trees Trinidad Venezuela vessel village waited woods wretched
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Página 65 - In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers . . in perils by the heathen . . in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea . . in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Página 86 - ... blanket, with a hole cut in the centre, through which the head...
Página 137 - MEADE ; and that he looked with hope for the arrival of the rest of the Irish Legion.
Página 22 - As we proceeded we saw several flocks of a small species of Parrot...
Página 22 - Tropg«£/, a bird much sought for, about the size of our common thrush; it has a bright yellow top, with 'breast of the same...