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Page 43
... Mouth of the River Chagre , I have seen off at Sea . But not having been ashore there , I can give no other Account of it , but only that it is partly Hilly , and near the Sea very much Swampy ; and I have heard by several that there is ...
... Mouth of the River Chagre , I have seen off at Sea . But not having been ashore there , I can give no other Account of it , but only that it is partly Hilly , and near the Sea very much Swampy ; and I have heard by several that there is ...
Page 45
... Mouth of it is muddy and bare for a great way at low Water , unless just in the depth of the Channel ; and it affords little Entertainment for Shipping . But further in , the River is deep enough ; so that Ships coming at high Water ...
... Mouth of it is muddy and bare for a great way at low Water , unless just in the depth of the Channel ; and it affords little Entertainment for Shipping . But further in , the River is deep enough ; so that Ships coming at high Water ...
Page 74
... Mouth is also longer and narrower than the Sharks ; neither has he more than one Row of Teeth . Our Seamen us'd to call this the Dog - fish.2 The Cavally is found among the Samballoes . ' Tis a small Fish , clean , long , and slender ...
... Mouth is also longer and narrower than the Sharks ; neither has he more than one Row of Teeth . Our Seamen us'd to call this the Dog - fish.2 The Cavally is found among the Samballoes . ' Tis a small Fish , clean , long , and slender ...
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