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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Página 10
... distance , that the out- line was only perceptible , and we were unable to discern any thing of the actual appearance of the island . The sight of land , however , of any description , gave a new impetus to our spirits , which were ...
... distance , that the out- line was only perceptible , and we were unable to discern any thing of the actual appearance of the island . The sight of land , however , of any description , gave a new impetus to our spirits , which were ...
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... distance , and bearing down upon us , approached cautiously , as if observing who and what we were , she lowered a boat , con- taining one white man , in white jacket and trow- sers , and half a dozen savages almost naked . The Pilot ...
... distance , and bearing down upon us , approached cautiously , as if observing who and what we were , she lowered a boat , con- taining one white man , in white jacket and trow- sers , and half a dozen savages almost naked . The Pilot ...
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... distance than three miles , and even that scarce , and of a miserably bad quality , being procured from a stagnant pool , and rolled in bar- rels the entire distance ; the badness of the roads , preventing the possibility of any other ...
... distance than three miles , and even that scarce , and of a miserably bad quality , being procured from a stagnant pool , and rolled in bar- rels the entire distance ; the badness of the roads , preventing the possibility of any other ...
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... distance , on the top of a commanding eminence . ROMANO , " nothing loath , " commenc- ed his interesting detail , the substance of which 1 record , particularly as the general accuracy of his statements have corroboratory testimony in ...
... distance , on the top of a commanding eminence . ROMANO , " nothing loath , " commenc- ed his interesting detail , the substance of which 1 record , particularly as the general accuracy of his statements have corroboratory testimony in ...
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... distance , and sunk for ever in the gulf of Paria . 13th . A busy day with us all , every exertion being necessary to give the ship a healthy appear- ance , and dress up the diseased ; thereby to elude the vigilance of the inspectors ...
... distance , and sunk for ever in the gulf of Paria . 13th . A busy day with us all , every exertion being necessary to give the ship a healthy appear- ance , and dress up the diseased ; thereby to elude the vigilance of the inspectors ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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...