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abounds anchorage ancient ascend bank bathing village boats Bristol Channel British built Cape Captain Cook castle channel chief chiefly cinque ports cliffs coals coast colony commerce considerable corn Cornwall covered creek Curaçoa depth east eight England English entrance exports fathoms feet high fishery fishing village five formed four miles French fresh water Frith gulf half harbour Head high water hills houses Indians inhabitants Ireland island Isle lake land Land's End latter leagues long light-house Loch London low water mile broad miles long Mount's Bay mountains mouth named navigable Newfoundland North Foreland oysters peninsula pier population port Portugal principal produce promontory quay reefs rise river rocks rocky salmon salt sand Scotland sea-bathing seven ships shore side siege of Calais small craft Society Islands Spain Spaniards stone strait thirty three leagues three miles tons town trade twelve twenty vessels winds wood
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Page 37 - ... long as to go once and a half round the waist, to which it is confined by a girdle or cord. It is double before, and hangs down like a petticoat, as low as the middle of the leg. The upper part of the garment above the girdle is plaited into several folds ; so that when unfolded, there is cloth sufficient to draw up and wrap round the shoulders, which is very seldom done.
Page 54 - ... interspersed. But the appearance of these was still inferior to that of the multitude of fishes, that glided gently along, seemingly with the most perfect security. The colours of the different sorts were the most beautiful that can be imagined; the yellow, blue, red, black, &c. far exceeding any thing that art can produce. Their various forms, also, contributed to increase the richness of this submarine grotto, which could not be surveyed without a pleasing transport...
Page 59 - ... land which bounds those hills toward the sea, and the interjacent valleys also, teem with various productions that grow with the most exuberant vigour, and at once fill the mind of the beholder with the idea, that no place upon earth can out-do this, in the strength and beauty of vegetation. Nature has been no...
Page 58 - Perhaps there is scarcely a spot in the universe that affords a more luxuriant prospect than the south-east part of Otaheite. The hills are high and steep, and in many places craggy ; but they are covered to the very summit with trees and shrubs in such a manner that the spectator can scarcely help thinking that the very rocks possess the property of producing and supporting their verdant clothing. The...
Page 32 - I could not help flattering myself with the pleasing idea, that some future navigator may, from the same station, behold these meadows stocked with cattle, brought to these islands by the ships of England ; and that the completion of this single benevolent purpose, independent of all other considerations, would sufficiently mark to posterity, that our voyages had not been useless to the general interests of humanity.
Page 685 - ... in my own time the shape of our English ships hath been greatly bettered. It is not long since the striking of the topmast (a wonderful ease to great ships, both at sea and...
Page 658 - Indies, or any indorsement or assignment thereon, or on any bond or obligation under the common seal of the governor and company of merchants of Great Britain, trading to the South Seas and other parts of America, and for encouraging the fishery...
Page 38 - ... carved on the upper part of the arm ; rings of tortoiseshell on the fingers ; and a number of these joined together as bracelets on the wrists. The lobes of the ears (though, most frequently, only one,) are perforated with two holes, in which they wear cylindrical bits of ivory, about three inches long, introduced at one hole, and brought out of the other ; or bits of reed of the same size, filled with a yellow pigment. This seems to be a fine powder of turmeric, with which the women rub themselves...
Page 58 - But they are covered to the very summits with trees and shrubs, in such a manner, that the spectator can scarcely help thinking, that the very rocks possess the property of producing and supporting their verdant, clothing. The flat land which bounds those hills toward the sea, and the interjacent valleys also, teem with various productions that grow with the most exuberant vigour, and at once fill the mind of the beholder with the idea, that no place upon earth can out-do this, in the strength and...
Page 214 - What they are now,' he wrote, 'the freed negroes of San Domingo will hereafter be: savages in the midst of society — without peace, security, agriculture, or property; ignorant of the duties of life and unacquainted with all the soft endearing relations which render it desirable; averse to labour, though frequently perishing of...