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 10
... quarter deck , made us , one and all , shake off our slumbers , and hasten to gaze upon the gladsome sight ; a short time soon convinced us of its reality . A light breeze having sprung up , about 1 o'clock we were off the island of ...
... quarter deck , made us , one and all , shake off our slumbers , and hasten to gaze upon the gladsome sight ; a short time soon convinced us of its reality . A light breeze having sprung up , about 1 o'clock we were off the island of ...
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... quarters , a wretched hut of Bamboo , about 12 feet in length , by 10 in breadth ; where , after the fatigue and starvation of the day , we had the earth for our bed , and our cloaks for a covering ; while our restless slumbers were ...
... quarters , a wretched hut of Bamboo , about 12 feet in length , by 10 in breadth ; where , after the fatigue and starvation of the day , we had the earth for our bed , and our cloaks for a covering ; while our restless slumbers were ...
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... 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 as had been ...
... 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 as had been ...
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... quarters about midnight , fatigued beyond measure with the exertions of the day . 2nd - I awoke this morning considerably fever- ish ; an officer beside me in a most dangerous state of illness , to which I was apparently hastening . As ...
... quarters about midnight , fatigued beyond measure with the exertions of the day . 2nd - I awoke this morning considerably fever- ish ; an officer beside me in a most dangerous state of illness , to which I was apparently hastening . As ...
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... quarter of a league of Port au Spaine , the capital of Trini- dad . During our preparations for landing , boat came along side ; the usual questions , from a gentleman in naval uniform , were replied to ; and after having expressed his ...
... quarter of a league of Port au Spaine , the capital of Trini- dad . During our preparations for landing , boat came along side ; the usual questions , from a gentleman in naval uniform , were replied to ; and after having expressed his ...
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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...