Novels and Miscellaneous Works: With Prefaces and Notes, Including Those Attributed to Sir Walter Scott, Volume 1G. Bell and Sons, 1882 |
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... tree - We make the south shore of Java , and take in water and provisions there CHAPTER XVI . 185 A large ship spied to the northward - We lay her under contribution for provisions - We put in upon the south coast of Ceylon - Bad ...
... tree - We make the south shore of Java , and take in water and provisions there CHAPTER XVI . 185 A large ship spied to the northward - We lay her under contribution for provisions - We put in upon the south coast of Ceylon - Bad ...
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... trees , and sometimes in the night retired to a wood a little out of their way , to let them think we were gone on board the ship . However , we found them barbarous , treacherous , and villanous enough in their nature , only civil for ...
... trees , and sometimes in the night retired to a wood a little out of their way , to let them think we were gone on board the ship . However , we found them barbarous , treacherous , and villanous enough in their nature , only civil for ...
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... tree to our mind , we fell to work with her ; and having three good axes among us , we got it down , but it was four days time first , though we worked very hard too . I do not remember what wood it was , or exactly what dimensions ...
... tree to our mind , we fell to work with her ; and having three good axes among us , we got it down , but it was four days time first , though we worked very hard too . I do not remember what wood it was , or exactly what dimensions ...
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... , and getting under the lee of the cape , ran our frigates into a little creek , where we saw the land overgrown with trees , and made all the haste POINT DESPERATION . 81 possible to get on shore , 30 CAPTAIN SINGLETON .
... , and getting under the lee of the cape , ran our frigates into a little creek , where we saw the land overgrown with trees , and made all the haste POINT DESPERATION . 81 possible to get on shore , 30 CAPTAIN SINGLETON .
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... trees , stuck into the ground , and bound together on the top with withies , and such other things as we could get ; the creek was our defence on the north , a little brook on the west , and the south and east sides we fortified with a ...
... trees , stuck into the ground , and bound together on the top with withies , and such other things as we could get ; the creek was our defence on the north , a little brook on the west , and the south and east sides we fortified with a ...
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