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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... journey , taken a comfortable break- fast at BLACK SAM's , and started . The road , or rather pathway , from Juan Griego to Forte Norte , a distance of six miles , is , for the greater part , through an extensive Jungle , consisting of ...
... journey , taken a comfortable break- fast at BLACK SAM's , and started . The road , or rather pathway , from Juan Griego to Forte Norte , a distance of six miles , is , for the greater part , through an extensive Jungle , consisting of ...
Page 59
... journey , accoutred as we were . The rain , which had fallen in considerable quantities during the night , now descended in torrents , and in a few minutes we were completely drenched , and tra- velling in mud to the knees . The path we ...
... journey , accoutred as we were . The rain , which had fallen in considerable quantities during the night , now descended in torrents , and in a few minutes we were completely drenched , and tra- velling in mud to the knees . The path we ...
Page 60
... journey . As the day advanced , our companions , more habi- tuated to such wanderings , rapidly gained ground upon us ; and to add to my uneasiness , Mr. Ja- mieson , whose strength had been gradually yield- ing , sunk to the ground ...
... journey . As the day advanced , our companions , more habi- tuated to such wanderings , rapidly gained ground upon us ; and to add to my uneasiness , Mr. Ja- mieson , whose strength had been gradually yield- ing , sunk to the ground ...
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... journey . My mind was in a most agonized state , and my frighted imagination heard in the rustling of every leaf the wily approach of the ferocious ti- ger . Upon casting my eyes towards my fellow- sufferer , to my astonishment , I ...
... journey . My mind was in a most agonized state , and my frighted imagination heard in the rustling of every leaf the wily approach of the ferocious ti- ger . Upon casting my eyes towards my fellow- sufferer , to my astonishment , I ...
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... journey . Cheered by the enlivening blaze before us , and the hilarity of our companions , we would have now felt tolerably comfortable , had not the pangs of hunger assailed us , for we had tasted nothing throughout the day , save a ...
... journey . Cheered by the enlivening blaze before us , and the hilarity of our companions , we would have now felt tolerably comfortable , had not the pangs of hunger assailed us , for we had tasted nothing throughout the day , save a ...
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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...