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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Page 41
... hammocks , for which they are celebrated , and the profits arising from their traffic in pearls , which are pro- cured on their coasts , though not in such quanti- ties as formerly . The native inhabitants are ce- lebrated for their ...
... hammocks , for which they are celebrated , and the profits arising from their traffic in pearls , which are pro- cured on their coasts , though not in such quanti- ties as formerly . The native inhabitants are ce- lebrated for their ...
Page 71
... hammocks , we resigned ourselves to sleep , satisfied of our security , and unconscious of any real cause of uneasiness . 19th . Before we had quitted our births this morning , after a comfortable nights repose , we received an ...
... hammocks , we resigned ourselves to sleep , satisfied of our security , and unconscious of any real cause of uneasiness . 19th . Before we had quitted our births this morning , after a comfortable nights repose , we received an ...
Page 72
... agreeable and animated , though somewhat arch . On the conclusion of our repast they waltzed with the English officers , and with some of those composing the staff of General MARINO , who were of our party . Hammocks were 72.
... agreeable and animated , though somewhat arch . On the conclusion of our repast they waltzed with the English officers , and with some of those composing the staff of General MARINO , who were of our party . Hammocks were 72.
Page 73
... Hammocks were slung between the trees , in order to repose when the heat became oppressive , and were so con- structed as to be constantly upon the swing , pro- ducing a current of air sufficient to fan and refresh the occupier . During ...
... Hammocks were slung between the trees , in order to repose when the heat became oppressive , and were so con- structed as to be constantly upon the swing , pro- ducing a current of air sufficient to fan and refresh the occupier . During ...
Page 77
... hammocks , the door of our apartment was suddenly thrown open , and Colonel BLOSSET entering , handed me a letter , of which the following is a translation : - " GENTLEMEN , 66 Cumana - core , Nov. 26th . 1819 . " I have this day heard ...
... hammocks , the door of our apartment was suddenly thrown open , and Colonel BLOSSET entering , handed me a letter , of which the following is a translation : - " GENTLEMEN , 66 Cumana - core , Nov. 26th . 1819 . " I have this day heard ...
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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...