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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... weather looked threat- ening , and Mr. Roberts was juftly afraid of being driven out to fea . The negroes kindly interest- ed themselves in his preservation , and after try- ing in vain to faften a rope to the rocks , offered to fwim ...
... weather looked threat- ening , and Mr. Roberts was juftly afraid of being driven out to fea . The negroes kindly interest- ed themselves in his preservation , and after try- ing in vain to faften a rope to the rocks , offered to fwim ...
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... the land ; but the weather , from being ex- ceedingly tempeftuous , blowing now a perfect hurricane , and right in upon the fhore , rendered our our endeavours ( for we were now only twelve hands BYRON'S NARRATIVE . " 41.
... the land ; but the weather , from being ex- ceedingly tempeftuous , blowing now a perfect hurricane , and right in upon the fhore , rendered our our endeavours ( for we were now only twelve hands BYRON'S NARRATIVE . " 41.
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... weather , that had been extremely thick , cleared away for a few moments , and gave us a glimpse of the land not far from us . We now thought of nothing but faving our lives . To get the boats out , as our mafts were gone , was a work ...
... weather , that had been extremely thick , cleared away for a few moments , and gave us a glimpse of the land not far from us . We now thought of nothing but faving our lives . To get the boats out , as our mafts were gone , was a work ...
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... weather being ftill exceedingly bad , was to kill one fea - gull , and pick fome wild celery . Thefe , therefore , were immediately put into a pot , with the addition of a large quantity of water , and made into a kind of foup , of ...
... weather being ftill exceedingly bad , was to kill one fea - gull , and pick fome wild celery . Thefe , therefore , were immediately put into a pot , with the addition of a large quantity of water , and made into a kind of foup , of ...
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... weather would permit . The fouthern promon- tory was not fo inacceffible . Beyond this , I , with fome others , having reached another bay , found driven afhore fome parts of the wreck , but no kind of provifion ; nor did we meet with ...
... weather would permit . The fouthern promon- tory was not fo inacceffible . Beyond this , I , with fome others , having reached another bay , found driven afhore fome parts of the wreck , but no kind of provifion ; nor did we meet with ...
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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.