Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... Indian , from the island of La Marga- reta , was anchoring his canoe in a cove where there were not three feet of water . A very fierce crocodile , which habitually haunted that spot , seized him by the leg , and withdrew from the shore ...
... Indian , from the island of La Marga- reta , was anchoring his canoe in a cove where there were not three feet of water . A very fierce crocodile , which habitually haunted that spot , seized him by the leg , and withdrew from the shore ...
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... Indians assert , if they have once tasted of human flesh . These animals are so wary , that they are killed with diffi- culty . A ball does not pierce their skin ; and the shot is only mortal when it penetrates the throat or a part ...
... Indians assert , if they have once tasted of human flesh . These animals are so wary , that they are killed with diffi- culty . A ball does not pierce their skin ; and the shot is only mortal when it penetrates the throat or a part ...
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... Indians , the Zamboes , and copper - coloured men in general , the counsels they have heard from their infancy . In countries where nature is so powerful and so terrible , man is constantly prepared for danger . We have mentioned ...
... Indians , the Zamboes , and copper - coloured men in general , the counsels they have heard from their infancy . In countries where nature is so powerful and so terrible , man is constantly prepared for danger . We have mentioned ...
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... Indians ) . The population in the year 1789 , rose to 4,590 ; and in 1800 , to 6,600 souls . ( Official Lists , MS . ) The capital of the English colony of Demerara , the town of Stabroek , the name of which is scarcely known in Europe ...
... Indians ) . The population in the year 1789 , rose to 4,590 ; and in 1800 , to 6,600 souls . ( Official Lists , MS . ) The capital of the English colony of Demerara , the town of Stabroek , the name of which is scarcely known in Europe ...
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... Indian Archi- pelago , as an article of trade , from the trunks of the Cycas revoluta , the Phoenix farinifera , the Corypha umbraculifera , and the Caryota urens . ( Ainslie , Materia Medica of Hindostan ... INDIANS . the yuruma bread is.
... Indian Archi- pelago , as an article of trade , from the trunks of the Cycas revoluta , the Phoenix farinifera , the Corypha umbraculifera , and the Caryota urens . ( Ainslie , Materia Medica of Hindostan ... INDIANS . the yuruma bread is.
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