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 19
... proceeded to quarters in the interior . General ENGLISH , honored with the friendship and esteem of the supreme Chief , having been appointed Military Governor of Marguaritta , returned thither , bringing with him such of his soldiers ...
... proceeded to quarters in the interior . General ENGLISH , honored with the friendship and esteem of the supreme Chief , having been appointed Military Governor of Marguaritta , returned thither , bringing with him such of his soldiers ...
Page 22
... proceeded we saw several flocks of a small species of Parrot , called by the natives Paro- quetta ; the bill , wings , and plumage , are uni- formly grey ; they are apt scholars , and quickly taught to imitate the varieties of the human ...
... proceeded we saw several flocks of a small species of Parrot , called by the natives Paro- quetta ; the bill , wings , and plumage , are uni- formly grey ; they are apt scholars , and quickly taught to imitate the varieties of the human ...
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... proceeded to the Maine , where his prisoners escaped , and returned to Marguaritta , but in what manner , ROMANO was unacquainted . " Here ended the recital of our interpreter , whose narrative wound up our feelings to the highest pitch ...
... proceeded to the Maine , where his prisoners escaped , and returned to Marguaritta , but in what manner , ROMANO was unacquainted . " Here ended the recital of our interpreter , whose narrative wound up our feelings to the highest pitch ...
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... proceeded to the centre of the river , and were freed from the annoyance of our tormenting assailants ; our bodies felt sore and inflamed , and our sleepless eyelids bore am- ple and frequent testimony to the effects of the disturbance ...
... proceeded to the centre of the river , and were freed from the annoyance of our tormenting assailants ; our bodies felt sore and inflamed , and our sleepless eyelids bore am- ple and frequent testimony to the effects of the disturbance ...
Page 61
... proceeded on her 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 ...
... proceeded on her 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 ...
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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...