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 36
... Col. A. would be at leisure ; by the interference of a friend the necessity for my resignation was removed , and leave of ab- sence granted me . I sold my dress jacket for six dollars , to defray the expences of my passage , 38.
... Col. A. would be at leisure ; by the interference of a friend the necessity for my resignation was removed , and leave of ab- sence granted me . I sold my dress jacket for six dollars , to defray the expences of my passage , 38.
Página 37
... dress upon those occasions , was a large Straw Hat , Naval Blue Coat , with a massy Gold Epaulette upon each shoulder , White Trowsers and Waistcoat . I waited upon him at his house in Juan Griego , for the purpose above menti- oned ...
... dress upon those occasions , was a large Straw Hat , Naval Blue Coat , with a massy Gold Epaulette upon each shoulder , White Trowsers and Waistcoat . I waited upon him at his house in Juan Griego , for the purpose above menti- oned ...
Página 47
... dress up the diseased ; thereby to elude the vigilance of the inspectors . At 3 o'clock P.M. they came on board and minutely examined the passengers , crew , and ship . A certificate of health was granted ; an English Jack supplanted ...
... dress up the diseased ; thereby to elude the vigilance of the inspectors . At 3 o'clock P.M. they came on board and minutely examined the passengers , crew , and ship . A certificate of health was granted ; an English Jack supplanted ...
Página 51
... dresses were now useless , or in their native country would serve to call down odium upon the possessors : my fellow - traveller JAMIESON , whose baggage had been taken by the Spaniards , was aided in his repairs by Colonel MEADE , and ...
... dresses were now useless , or in their native country would serve to call down odium upon the possessors : my fellow - traveller JAMIESON , whose baggage had been taken by the Spaniards , was aided in his repairs by Colonel MEADE , and ...
Página 68
... dress jacket and trowsers ; and placing the remainder of our luggage under the protection of a furr bush , we proceeded on our route . The weakness of Jamieson was perceptible in every step , until he again sunk upon the ground , and ...
... dress jacket and trowsers ; and placing the remainder of our luggage under the protection of a furr bush , we proceeded on our route . The weakness of Jamieson was perceptible in every step , until he again sunk upon the ground , and ...
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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...