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 21
... inhabitants of the island , skirts the shores of the bay to which I have previous allud- ed , and contains about 500 inhabitants : it is an irregular assemblage of huts , partly built of stone , covered with a red tile , but by far the ...
... inhabitants of the island , skirts the shores of the bay to which I have previous allud- ed , and contains about 500 inhabitants : it is an irregular assemblage of huts , partly built of stone , covered with a red tile , but by far the ...
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... inhabitants of Juan Griego for the scar- city of fresh water , as none can be procured with- in a shorter distance than three miles , and even that scarce , and of a miserably bad quality , being procured from a stagnant pool , and ...
... inhabitants of Juan Griego for the scar- city of fresh water , as none can be procured with- in a shorter distance than three miles , and even that scarce , and of a miserably bad quality , being procured from a stagnant pool , and ...
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... inhabitants by the Euro- pean Spaniards , had rendered their name odious ; still , born as the unfortunate natives were , in chains , and brought up in slavery , none dared 25 pressed a strong partiality towards the Irish, owing ...
... inhabitants by the Euro- pean Spaniards , had rendered their name odious ; still , born as the unfortunate natives were , in chains , and brought up in slavery , none dared 25 pressed a strong partiality towards the Irish, owing ...
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... of troops , equalling in number the amount of the inhabitants . In this dilemma , the wise men of the island thought it alvisable to offer the Spaniard the following- terms , to 30 after having her breasts torn off, in the most ...
... of troops , equalling in number the amount of the inhabitants . In this dilemma , the wise men of the island thought it alvisable to offer the Spaniard the following- terms , to 30 after having her breasts torn off, in the most ...
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... inhabitants are ce- lebrated for their intrepidity and courage ; quali- ties which , since the commencement of the revo- lutionary war , have so frequently deluged their island with blood , and reduced the number of its inhabitants at ...
... inhabitants are ce- lebrated for their intrepidity and courage ; quali- ties which , since the commencement of the revo- lutionary war , have so frequently deluged their island with blood , and reduced the number of its inhabitants at ...
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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...