can withstand the seduction and artifices of the southern islanders ; women, and a life of indolence, are too powerful for the sense of duty in the minds of our seamen. Had we relaxed our efforts for a single moment, our ship would have been deserted.'97... A Voyage Round the World: In the Years 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804, in ... - Page 22 by John Turnbull - 1805 Full view -
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