A Natural History of Nevis, and the Rest of the English Leeward Charibee Islands in America. With Many Other Observations on Nature and Art; Particularly, an Introduction to the Art of Decyphering. In Eleven Letters from the Revd Mr. Smith, ...J. Bentham, sold by W. Thurlbourn; S. Birt, C. Bathurst, and J. Beecroft, London, 1745 - Ciphers - 318 pages |
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... first Letter ; And as I com- pofed the others at leifure hours after- wards , I did not think myself neceffi- tated to put any Dates to them : Be- fides , I had no thoughts of printing them till of late . The principal Subject relates ...
... first Letter ; And as I com- pofed the others at leifure hours after- wards , I did not think myself neceffi- tated to put any Dates to them : Be- fides , I had no thoughts of printing them till of late . The principal Subject relates ...
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... first , and hinder the eye from perceiving those exquifite ( inimitable ) ftrokes of Nature's finest Pencil with which they are all over a- dorned . 6. The little round Holes that feem as it were artfully drilled thorough many of them ...
... first , and hinder the eye from perceiving those exquifite ( inimitable ) ftrokes of Nature's finest Pencil with which they are all over a- dorned . 6. The little round Holes that feem as it were artfully drilled thorough many of them ...
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... first taken out of the water , When this each one of these little round Rifings is armed with just such a sharp pointed Dart as we see iffuing out of our common Hedge - hogs , both as to colour and length . At Nevis we call them Sea ...
... first taken out of the water , When this each one of these little round Rifings is armed with just such a sharp pointed Dart as we see iffuing out of our common Hedge - hogs , both as to colour and length . At Nevis we call them Sea ...
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... first trial they made was upon " the Wreck of a Dutch East India Ship that " had been loft off Cape Coast in fix Fathom “ Sea , in which they fucceeded fo well , that they brought up at feveral times 3600 % . in " Silver . They dived ...
... first trial they made was upon " the Wreck of a Dutch East India Ship that " had been loft off Cape Coast in fix Fathom “ Sea , in which they fucceeded fo well , that they brought up at feveral times 3600 % . in " Silver . They dived ...
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... first we rode thorough many Sugar Plantations , till we came to the thick Woods , where now and then we paffed by a small Cotton Settlement , whofe hum- ble and temperate Poffeffor ( Hermit like ) lived by vertue of his own and three or ...
... first we rode thorough many Sugar Plantations , till we came to the thick Woods , where now and then we paffed by a small Cotton Settlement , whofe hum- ble and temperate Poffeffor ( Hermit like ) lived by vertue of his own and three or ...
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affured againſt alfo almoſt alſo anſwer becauſe befides beſt Body Buſhes called cauſe Charles Fort Charles Town Cherrokees Chriftopher's cloſe Coaſt colour confiderable courſe Cypher diſcovered diſtance Earth eaſily elſe England English fafely faid fame feems feen fent ferve feven feveral fhall fhort fide fince fingle fingular firſt Fiſh fize fmall fome fometimes foon foot ftands ftrange fuch fuppofe grow higheſt Horſes Houſe Iſlands itſelf Jamaica juſt laft laſt leaſt Letter Lincolnshire meaſure miles moft moſt Mountain Moytoy muſt myſelf Narva Negroes never Nevis numbers obferved occafion paffed Pariſh Perfons prefent pretty purpoſe raiſe reaſon reſemble round ſcarce ſeem ſeen ſet ſeveral ſhall ſhape Shells ſhort ſhould Sir Hans Sloan ſmall ſome ſpace ſpeak ſtand ſtate ſtill Stone ſuch taſte thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe Trees ufually uſe vifit Water Weft whofe whoſe Woods Woods Rogers yards