Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries: From the Time of Columbus to the Present Period ...E. Newbery, 1797 - Discoveries in geography |
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... master , was drowned ; the other was thrown afhore by the furf , with his head buried in the fand ; but by the ' immediate affiftance of the people on fhore , was faved . As for us in the barge , we expected the fame fate every moment ...
... master , was drowned ; the other was thrown afhore by the furf , with his head buried in the fand ; but by the ' immediate affiftance of the people on fhore , was faved . As for us in the barge , we expected the fame fate every moment ...
Page 88
... master carriers , and ordered him to take us up with him . The man asked him how he was to be paid for our expences , as he should be five days upon the road . The governor told him he might get that as he could , for he would not ...
... master carriers , and ordered him to take us up with him . The man asked him how he was to be paid for our expences , as he should be five days upon the road . The governor told him he might get that as he could , for he would not ...
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... master of a few Spanish words , made himself so far understood by the cacique , as to let him know , that our inten- tion was to reach fome of the Spanish fettlements , if we could ; that we were unacquainted with the if 80 BYRON'S ...
... master of a few Spanish words , made himself so far understood by the cacique , as to let him know , that our inten- tion was to reach fome of the Spanish fettlements , if we could ; that we were unacquainted with the if 80 BYRON'S ...
Page 157
... master , on being made acquainted with their diftreffes , ordered fome bread and milk to be fet before them ; but , acting rather on principles of huma- nity than prudence , he furnished them fuch a quantity , that their weak ftomachs ...
... master , on being made acquainted with their diftreffes , ordered fome bread and milk to be fet before them ; but , acting rather on principles of huma- nity than prudence , he furnished them fuch a quantity , that their weak ftomachs ...
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... master , on being made acquainted with their diftreffes , ordered fome bread and milk to be fet before them ; but , acting rather on principles of huma- nity than prudence , he furnished them fuch a quantity , that their weak ftomachs ...
... master , on being made acquainted with their diftreffes , ordered fome bread and milk to be fet before them ; but , acting rather on principles of huma- nity than prudence , he furnished them fuch a quantity , that their weak ftomachs ...
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Page 25 - I am sure no people ever endured more. In the morning the weather grew moderate, the wind having shifted to the southward, as we discovered by the sun.
Page 25 - ... to get in, and many jumping into the water. Mr. Baylis, a young gentleman fifteen years of age, leaped from the chains, after the boat had got off, and was taken in.
Page 25 - I found a bag of bread, a fmall ham, a fingle piece of pork, two quart bottles of water, and a few of French cordials. The wind continued to the fouthward for eight or nine days, and providentially never blew fo...
Page 26 - ... till at length one of them broke out into a most immoderate swearing fit of joy, which I could not restrain, and declared he had never seen land in his life if what he now saw was not land.
Page 38 - ... of the East! Next day, as they were advancing, a party of natives came down upon them, and plundered them, among other things, of their tinder-box, flint and steel, which proved an irreparable loss. Every man was now obliged to travel, by turns, with a fire-brand in his hand; and before the natives retired, they showed more insolence than...
Page 25 - Matthews, quartermaster, the stoutest man in the boat, perished from hunger and cold: on the day before he had complained of want of strength in his throat, as he expressed it, to swallow his morsel, and in the night drank saltwater, grew delirious, and died without a groan.
Page 55 - Grosvenor, with a humanity which does them infinite honor, despatched a large party in quest of the unhappy wanderers. This detachment consisted of one hundred Europeans, and three hundred Hottentots, attended by a great number of waggons, each drawn by eight bullocks. The command was given to Captain Muller...
Page 25 - ... which by accident had been put there. Thefe were fpread when it rained, and when thoroughly wet, w.rung into the kidd with which we bailed the boat. With this...
Page 25 - ... running! It was now five o'clock in the evening, and in half an hour we lost sight of the ship.
Page 72 - Garland, they were muftered, and found to amount to feventy-four, out of rather more than two hundred and forty, which was about the number of the crew and paflengers in the fhip when Ihe failed through the Downs.