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 & 1820 |
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... MORILLO to make good a landing upon the island . Having dined sumptuously upon Fish fried in oil , we , taking ROMANO , our interpreter , as a guide , went to view the fort , which is situated upon a rising ground behind the town , and ...
... MORILLO to make good a landing upon the island . Having dined sumptuously upon Fish fried in oil , we , taking ROMANO , our interpreter , as a guide , went to view the fort , which is situated upon a rising ground behind the town , and ...
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... MORILLO had long held the Governorship , and given unbounded scope to the exercise of his blood - thirsty disposi ... MORILLO'S Government , and threatning vengeance not only on him , but on every Spaniard on the island , as part of the ...
... MORILLO had long held the Governorship , and given unbounded scope to the exercise of his blood - thirsty disposi ... MORILLO'S Government , and threatning vengeance not only on him , but on every Spaniard on the island , as part of the ...
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... MORILLO , to whose house he still had access , and started at midnight to commence the apparently visionary scheme ... MORILLO , whose guards he dared to come in his pursuit . MORILLO could not long remain in ignorance of the insulting ...
... MORILLO , to whose house he still had access , and started at midnight to commence the apparently visionary scheme ... MORILLO , whose guards he dared to come in his pursuit . MORILLO could not long remain in ignorance of the insulting ...
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... butchery , he was hailed as the deliverer of his country . The Spaniards were panic - struck , and MORILLO himself , seeing his troops depart in the morning to scour the country , ́29 25 in search of the insurgents , and seeing 28.
... butchery , he was hailed as the deliverer of his country . The Spaniards were panic - struck , and MORILLO himself , seeing his troops depart in the morning to scour the country , ́29 25 in search of the insurgents , and seeing 28.
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... MORILLO , urged to despair by a review of passing events , and chagrined at the ill - success of his pa- cific attempts , resolved to make a final struggle at conquering the obstinacy of the independents , by working upon their fears ...
... MORILLO , urged to despair by a review of passing events , and chagrined at the ill - success of his pa- cific attempts , resolved to make a final struggle at conquering the obstinacy of the independents , by working upon their fears ...
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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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Page 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.
Page 86 - ... blanket, with a hole cut in the centre, through which the head...
Page 137 - MEADE ; and that he looked with hope for the arrival of the rest of the Irish Legion.
Page 22 - As we proceeded we saw several flocks of a small species of Parrot...
Page 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...