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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... taken its departure from the coast the day previ- ous to our arrival : our surprize and joy may be easily conceived when we found that those ves- sels , we had seen the previous day , were part of the enemies ships , and from which our ...
... taken its departure from the coast the day previ- ous to our arrival : our surprize and joy may be easily conceived when we found that those ves- sels , we had seen the previous day , were part of the enemies ships , and from which our ...
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... 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 low shrubs ...
... 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 low shrubs ...
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... taken from the Spanish Gene- ral ; thus armed and accoutred , he led his compani- ons to the entrance of the Jungle , about a mile distant from Norte , and which extends in a south- east direction towards the mountains , from six to ...
... taken from the Spanish Gene- ral ; thus armed and accoutred , he led his compani- ons to the entrance of the Jungle , about a mile distant from Norte , and which extends in a south- east direction towards the mountains , from six to ...
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... taken any part in the insurrection , save the intrepid ARISMENDI , on whom alone , he determined to wreak his vengeance ; yet none obeyed the call , but persisted in attempting to free themselves from the galling fetters of slavery ...
... taken any part in the insurrection , save the intrepid ARISMENDI , on whom alone , he determined to wreak his vengeance ; yet none obeyed the call , but persisted in attempting to free themselves from the galling fetters of slavery ...
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... taken by this gentleman , in the suf- ferings and untimely fate of young O'BRIEN , was perhaps increased by those paternal feelings , which , as the father of a family , he so often in- dulged ; a tear was all that any of us could af ...
... taken by this gentleman , in the suf- ferings and untimely fate of young O'BRIEN , was perhaps increased by those paternal feelings , which , as the father of a family , he so often in- dulged ; a tear was all that any of us could af ...
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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...