A Collection of the Most Celebrated Voyages & Travels, from the Discovery of America to the Present Time: Arranged in Systematic Order, Geographical and Chronological. The Whole Exhibiting a Faithful and Lively Delineation of the World. Carefully Selected from Writers of Different Nations. In Four Volumes, Bind 2Mackenzie and Dent, 1818 |
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Side 4
... boats this even- ing from our ship , preparatory to being conveyed on shore with the troops in the morning , and after a day of great hurry and labour all is now quite in readiness for leaving the vessel . ' Orders are issued concerning ...
... boats this even- ing from our ship , preparatory to being conveyed on shore with the troops in the morning , and after a day of great hurry and labour all is now quite in readiness for leaving the vessel . ' Orders are issued concerning ...
Side 5
... boat was again dispatched to the fort : but as the little schooner fleet was ordered to return to the ships , at the flood of tide , instead of proceeding to land the troops ; and as no orders were given to advance to the attack of the ...
... boat was again dispatched to the fort : but as the little schooner fleet was ordered to return to the ships , at the flood of tide , instead of proceeding to land the troops ; and as no orders were given to advance to the attack of the ...
Side 6
... boats , and then set on shore in the midst of a heavy shower . Fatigued by heat , we had to drag along in the rain , either ancle - deep in mud , or slipping and sliding about upon a wet surface of clay . We arrived at the town in a ...
... boats , and then set on shore in the midst of a heavy shower . Fatigued by heat , we had to drag along in the rain , either ancle - deep in mud , or slipping and sliding about upon a wet surface of clay . We arrived at the town in a ...
Side 7
... boat and slaves to convey me to the fort , by way of the river , assuring me that to walk it might be a dangerous excess of fatigue ; and further directing his negroes to wait and bring me back to his house to dinner .---- Perhaps I was ...
... boat and slaves to convey me to the fort , by way of the river , assuring me that to walk it might be a dangerous excess of fatigue ; and further directing his negroes to wait and bring me back to his house to dinner .---- Perhaps I was ...
Side 11
... boat to fetch us , in which we had a most pleasant sail about six miles up the river , and then coming into a canal which led to the estate , we were drawn about two miles further by the negroes running at the side of the canal , ́ ...
... boat to fetch us , in which we had a most pleasant sail about six miles up the river , and then coming into a canal which led to the estate , we were drawn about two miles further by the negroes running at the side of the canal , ́ ...
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